Shohei Ohtani He made it clear again why he is considered one of the most dominant players of the Great Leagues. The Japanese hit his home runs 47 and 48 in his first two shifts to bat and led the victory of Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 in front of Baltimore Oriolesin a duel that also left several historical brands.
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Ohtani did not wait long to harm. In the first afternoon shift, he connected a solid hit to the first launch he saw from his compatriot Tomoyuki Sugano, sending the ball over the central garden fence.
That shingles was the number 12 as the first bat in the season, a figure that allows him to match a franchise record that his partner had Mookie Betts.
Records, history and a Japanese duel in Baltimore
With that initial homer, Ohtani was also placed in the third historical place of MLB in quantity of home runs opening a game in a single campaign. They only exceed him Alfonso Sorianowith 13 in 2003 wearing the Yankees uniform, and Kyle Schwarberwho set the record of 15 last year with the Philis.
Two entrances later, Ohtani repeated the dose. He connected another deep hit, this time of 399 feet, again in front of Sugano, which represented his number 23 with multiple homers in his career. Just after, Betts joined the party with another home run, expanding the advantage of the Dodgers at 3-0.
The confrontation also had a special dye. Ohtani and Sugano shared a destination in the Japanese League draft in 2012, when both were selected in the first round: the first by the Nippon-Ham Fighters and the second by the Yomiuri giants. They had barely faced once in Japan, in 2015, when Ohtani left 3-2 with a double.
Dodgers keep the step firm
The rest of the game also left outstanding performances. Betts ended with a homer and two ranked races, while the Venezuelan Miguel Rojas added a score. In the Lomita, Clayton Kershaw He launched 5.2 tickets, allowed only two races and prescribed eight strikeouts to prove the victory.
With this triumph in the Oriole Park, the Dodgers leave the bad streak and continue to count on an Ohtani in full form, which every time it connects a long hit writes a new chapter in the history of baseball.
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