The Los Angeles Dodgers relied on their trio of MVP winners to edge out the Kansas City Royals Friday. Reigning NL MVP Shohei Ohtani led off the game with a home run – his league-high 29th bomb of the season. Ohtani later tied the game with a fifth inning RBI triple before scoring the go-ahead run on a base hit by 2018 AL MVP Mookie Betts . The score remained 5-4 when the Royals threatened in the bottom of the ninth inning. But the Dodgers got out of a jam thanks to a spectacular defensive play by 2020 NL MVP Freddie Freeman . “FREDDIE FREEMAN SAVES THE DAY!” pic.twitter.com/GTcoxckdG7 — Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 28, 2025 Expand Tweet LA reliever Tanner Scott was facing rookie right