WATCH: Dodgers crank 2 HRs in 1st inning vs. Marlins

Kyle Madson

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WATCH: Dodgers crank 2 HRs in 1st inning vs. Marlins image

The Dodgers are coming off a sweep of the Atlanta Braves where they plated 20 runs in their three-game series. Los Angeles picked up right where they left off in Monday's series-opener against the Miami Marlins.

Walker Buehler struggled in his return to the mound and allowed two runs on three hits to a bad Marlins club in the first inning. Luckily for Buehler the Dodgers' offense is one of baseball's most prolific and they showed it in the bottom of the inning.

Mookie Betts led off with a walk against Roddery Munoz. Then Shohei Ohtani, who had three home runs in the final two games of the Braves series, tied the game with one swing. It was Ohtani's 11th home run of the year. 

The tie didn't last long. Freddie Freeman stepped to the plate after Ohtani and followed his teammate's lead and blasted his third home run of the year over the centerfield fence to put the Dodgers ahead 3-2. 

When the Dodgers are this hot at the plate there aren't that many teams that can hang with them. 

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Kyle Madson neither likes writing about himself nor writing in the third person. Nevertheless, he persists. While Kyle has spent most of his writing career covering the NFL’s Tennessee Titans and San Francisco 49ers, he’s never lost the love of baseball that has resided in the deepest recesses of his soul since he began playing T-ball at 4 years old (no matter how hard John Fisher has tried). Aside from writing, Kyle also hosts a radio show, the Insiders, with James Ham on ESPN 1320 in Sacramento. When he’s not being a sports dork, Kyle loves being a normal dork and traveling, visiting museums, diving further into K-Pop fandom (#SKZ) and hanging out with his wife and cats. Don’t follow him on Twitter or Instagram at @KyleAMadson.