Shohei Ohtani has been every part the Los Angeles Dodgers may have hoped for after 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 house runs. The victory gave the Dodgers a sweep of the weekend collection.
It was Ohtani’s first four-hit recreation as a member of the Dodgers and in addition his first two-homer displaying together with his new membership. The second house run was an absolute monster of a 464-foot blast to left heart subject that went deep into the bleachers. Take a look.
Here’s a take a look at his first house run from earlier within the day.
These two lengthy balls gave him 10 on the season, placing Ohtani on prime 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 keeping track of right here is that together with main the league in common and residential runs, Ohtani is barely 5 RBI off the lead, making him an early season contender for the triple crown. He’s already broadly thought to be the most effective gamers of his period and arguably all-time given his two-way dominance as a hitter and pitcher.
If he may make a critical push on the triple crown or even perhaps win it, it might solely add to his already unimaginable resume within the main leagues.
