Hernández, Ohtani homer as the Dodgers beat the Phillies 5-3 in opener between NL division leaders

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Teoscar Hernández hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the third inning, Shohei Ohtani went deep in the eighth and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 on Monday night in a matchup of NL division leaders.

Tyler Glasnow (9-6) struck out nine and gave up three runs and four hits in six innings. The right-hander has notched a career-high 164 strikeouts on the season.

Glasnow retired the side in order four times, including getting Kyle Schwarber, Trea Turner and Bryce Harper on swinging strikeouts in the first.

“I felt a little out of whack,” Glasnow said. “The positive today for me was just ignore how I feel and just go and try and attack the zone.”

Harper struck out three times in all as the NL East-leading Phillies lost for the seventh time in eight games after taking a 2-0 lead with two outs in the second. Bryson Stott had a RBI infield single and then scored on a wild pitch by Glasnow.

Freddie Freeman returned to the Dodgers’ lineup after missing eight games while tending to his ailing 3-year-old son. He was 1 for 4 and received a standing ovation before his first at-bat. Harper later greeted Freeman with a hug at first base.

“It was really cool to see people rally around Freddie and the Freeman family,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.

Ohtani added, “It was very touching.”

The NL West-leading Dodgers rallied with four runs in the third. Andy Pages hit an RBI double in the left field corner and Ohtani tied it 2-2 with a sacrifice fly to the warning track in right for his 80th RBI of the season. Hernández followed with his 24th homer to left for a 4-2 lead off Aaron Nola (11-5).

Daniel Hudson pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his eighth save.

After Schwarber singled, Glasnow wasn’t able to put Harper away with two strikes in the sixth, and he doubled down the left field line. Schwarber scored on Alec Bohm’s RBI groundout, drawing the Phillies to 4-3.

Dodgers reliever Anthony Banda pitched a scoreless eighth, stranding Schwarber and Bohm.

Ohtani's 34th homer extended the Dodgers' lead to 5-3 leading off the bottom of the eighth. Center fielder Brandon Marsh made a futile leap at the wall as Ohtani circled back to first, apparently to make sure he had touched the base before completing his home run trot.

“Just be able to give breathing room at the end of the game is really key for winning,” Ohtani said through an interpreter.

The Dodgers ended a four-game skid against the Phillies, which was their longest active such streak against any opponent. They were swept in three games in Philadelphia last month, with Nola winning one of the games.

“He just made more mistakes than he did in Philly,” Roberts said.

Will Smith and Kiké Hernández were the only Dodgers without a hit.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Phillies: C Garrett Stubbs fouled a ball off his right shin in the fifth, but stayed in the game.

Dodgers: RHP Brusdar Graterol (right shoulder inflammation) was activated from the 60-day IL. ... RHP Blake Treinen (left hip discomfort) went on the IL. ... RHP Walker Buehler (hip) threw a bullpen session and will pitch for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Thursday before rejoining the team.

UP NEXT

Phillies: LHP Cristopher Sánchez (7-7, 3.36 ERA) seeks his second career win against the Dodgers.

Dodgers: LHP Clayton Kershaw (0-1, 5.87) makes his third start of the season after lasting just 3 2/3 innings against San Diego last week. He's 4-6 with a 2.76 ERA in 17 career starts against the Phillies.

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Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, left and manager Dave Roberts celebrate the team's 5-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in a baseball game in Los Angeles, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani jogs back to the dugout after hitting a solo home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Los Angeles, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola (27) delivers a pitch during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow (31) delivers a pitch during the first inning of a baseball game in Los Angeles, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Jason Heyward (23) celebrates after scoring on an RBI double by Andy Pages with Shohei Ohtani (17) during the third inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Los Angeles, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thompson, left, greets Nick Castellanos after he scored on an RBI single by Bryson Stott during the second inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani celebrates in the dugout after scoring during the third inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Los Angeles, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Teoscar Hernández is hit with sunflower seeds by Jason Heyward (23) after hitting a two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Los Angeles, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Devices powered by lithium-ion batteries are overheating more often during airline flights and passengers often put them in checked bags that go into the cargo hold, where a fire might not be detected as quickly.

Overheating incidents rose 28% from 2019 to 2023, although such events remain relatively rare, UL Standards & Engagement said in a report released Monday.

E-cigarettes overheated more often than any other device, according to the report.

In 60% of the cases, the overheating — called thermal runaway — happened near the seat of the passenger who brought the device on board.

In July, a smoking laptop in a passenger’s bag led to the evacuation of a plane awaiting takeoff at San Francisco International Airport. Last year, a flight from Dallas to Orlando, Florida, made an emergency landing in Jacksonville, Florida, after a battery caught fire in an overhead bin.

More than one-quarter of passengers surveyed for the study said they put vaping cigarettes and portable chargers in checked bags. That is against federal rules.

The Transportation Security Administration prohibits e-cigarettes and chargers and power banks with lithium-ion batteries in checked bags but allows them in carry-on bags. The rule exists precisely because fires in the cargo hold might be harder to detect and extinguish.

UL Standards & Engagement, part of a safety-science company once known as Underwriters Laboratories, said it based its findings on data from 35 passenger and cargo airlines including nine of the 10 leading U.S. passenger carriers.

The Federal Aviation Administration reports 37 thermal-runaway incidents on planes this year, through Aug. 15. There were 77 reports last year, a 71% increase over 2019, according to the FAA numbers.

Considering that airlines operate about 180,000 U.S. flights each week, incidents in the air are relatively uncommon, and lithium batteries can overheat anywhere.

“We also know that one of these thermal-runaway incidents at 40,000 feet does present unique risks,” said UL’s David Wroth.

Those risks have been known for many years.

After cargo planes carrying loads of lithium-ion batteries crashed in 2010 and 2011, the United Nations' aviation organization considered restricting such shipments but rejected tougher standards. Opponents, including airlines, argued that the decision on whether to accept battery shipments should be left up to the carriers, and some no longer take bulk battery shipments.

The most common lithium-ion-powered devices on planes are phones, laptops, wireless headphones and tablets. About 35% of reported overheating incidents involved e-cigarettes, and 16% involved power banks.

Travelers use kiosks to check in for flights in the Delta Airlines ticketing area at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

FILE - In this June 19, 2014 file photo, baggage carts are towed to the Boeing 737 jet at Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Ark., June 19, 2014. Devices powered by lithium-ion batteries are overheating more often during airline flights and passengers often put them in checked bags that go into the cargo hold, where a fire might not be detected as quickly. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)