Shohei Ohtani blasted a leadoff house run Tuesday and Wednesday in opposition to the Chicago White Sox at Assured Fee Area. Tuesday, as he watched the ball fly, Ohtani carried his bat with him till he knew the ball was actually gone. The bat didn’t depart his palms till just a few toes previous first base.
Instantly afterward, the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ designated hitter needed to double-check that he touched first base. After getting greater than midway to second base, he went again and touched the bag, “simply to be secure,” Ohtani mentioned.
It was an uncommon journey for a participant with 196 house runs in his profession.
“I used to be simply sort of trying on the ball, hoping that it was gonna exit,” Ohtani mentioned by interpreter Will Ireton. “I didn’t understand I had the bat with me, so I dropped it. That’s the place [first-base coach] Clayton [McCullough] got here in. And in order that’s why I dropped the bat and simply wasn’t fairly certain if I stepped on the bag.”
Ohtani performed off the comical second and continued to do his factor Tuesday, driving in one other run within the fourth to finish the Dodgers’ comeback from a 3-1 deficit. Ohtani completed the sport 2-for-4 with a house run, a single, a stroll, two runs scored, and two RBIs.
The house run was Ohtani’s twenty fourth of the season. It was additionally the second time he’s led off a recreation with a homer since changing Mookie Betts on the prime of the lineup.
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