Shohei Ohtani cranked his first home run as a member of the Dodgers in a 5-4 win over the rival Giants on Wednesday night.
ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016., who, amid so much newness and so much turmoil, has become quite possibly his best friend on the team. Hernandez, the' affable corner outfielder, stood near the railing and bestowed Ohtani with the offering that awaits every teammate who homers: a face full of sunflower seeds.that led to the firing of his longtime interpreter and closest confidant, Ippei Mizuhara.
Ohtani came up again with two outs and the Dodgers leading by only a run in the bottom of the seventh, facing another left-hander in. He waited back just enough on a 3-1 sinker up and away and pulled it 105.6 mph. It was the first home run Rogers had given up on a sinker since September of 2022, a pitch he threw 346 times last season.
Ohtani, speaking through new interpreter Will Ireton, met the woman who caught his home run and retrieved the baseball in exchange for two caps, another game-used ball and a bat.
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