Shohei Ohtani's towering home run highlights dominant stretch as Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter, filling a void in the lead-off spot with impressive performances.
hit a baseball on Friday night at Dodger Stadium where very few players have hit one before finding the back of a climbing tarp in center field near the upper section of seats in the Right Field Pavilion.Ohtani reached base all four times he came up — two walks, the homer, and a single. The Dodgers collectively reached base seven times in a 3-2 extra-inning loss to the Los Angeles Angels.
“I think he just took a step back and understood what they were trying to do and when he’s really good, and so he sort of reset himself and really made a point to control the zone,”Maren Angus-Coombs was born in Los Angeles and raised in Nashville, Tenn. She is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State and has been a sports writer since 2008. Despite growing up in the South, her sports obsession has always been in Los Angeles. She is currently a staff writer at the LA Sports Report Network.
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