The Los Angeles Dodgers determined to carry their very own residence run derby on Sunday evening in opposition to Boston Purple Sox pitcher Kutter Crawford, clubbing 5 homers within the first 5 innings of the sport.
The fifth of these residence runs was hit by Nationwide League residence run chief Shohei Ohtani.
It was by far probably the most majestic of all of them, because it almost left Dodger Stadium fully.
Take a look.
That ball almost cleared the fitting subject pavilion. In response to followers within the space it snuck in just below the roof, hit off the concourse, and landed on a walkway behind middle subject.
The official tally on that from Statcast is that it flew 473 toes, however even that looks like it’s underselling simply how far that baseball went and the way exhausting it was hit.
Regardless of the distance is, the quantity that issues right here is 30, as in that’s already Ohtani’s thirtieth residence run of the season that has him comfortably within the Nationwide League lead.
Even with out his pitching he’s nonetheless enjoying at an MVP degree for the Dodgers and is likely one of the most beneficial gamers in baseball. He has been price each penny the Dodgers paid him in free company earlier than this season.
Together with the league lead in residence runs, he additionally entered Sunday with the second highest batting common within the Nationwide League behind solely Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich.
