Shohei Ohtani has been all the things the Los Angeles Dodgers may have hoped for once they signed him to a $700M contract this offseason. He continued his nice begin to the season on Sunday afternoon in a 5-1 win over the Atlanta Braves, going 4-for-4 with two dwelling runs. The victory gave the Dodgers a sweep of the weekend sequence.
It was Ohtani’s first four-hit recreation as a member of the Dodgers and in addition his first two-homer exhibiting together with his new membership. The second dwelling run was an absolute monster of a 464-foot blast to left middle subject that went deep into the bleachers. Take a look.
Here’s a take a look at his first dwelling run from earlier within the day.
These two lengthy balls gave him 10 on the season, placing Ohtani on high of the Nationwide League leaderboard.
His 4 hits additionally introduced his common as much as .364, a mark which has him tied with Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm going into Sunday night time (Bohn and the Phillies play Sunday night time).
One thing that’s value maintaining a tally of right here is that together with main the league in common and residential runs, Ohtani is just 5 RBI off the lead, making him an early season contender for the triple crown. He’s already broadly thought to be probably the greatest gamers of his period and arguably all-time given his two-way dominance as a hitter and pitcher.
If he may make a severe push on the triple crown or even perhaps win it, it will solely add to his already unbelievable resume within the main leagues.
