Jacob deGrom brushes off Shohei Ohtani shot, lifts Rangers past Dodgers
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Jacob deGrom overcame allowing a leadoff homer to Shohei Ohtani by striking out nine batters, helping the visiting Texas Rangers record a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.
deGrom (1-0) yielded one run on four hits in six innings before exiting after 93 pitches.
Evan Carter homered to lead off the third and Josh Smith had an RBI single later i