CLEVELAND — Los Angeles Dodgers celebrity Shohei Ohtani has hit a leadoff homer in consecutive video games for the second time in his profession.
The reigning Nationwide League MVP drove a low, inside fastball from Cleveland’s Gavin Williams into the right-field stands for his main league-leading nineteenth homer of the season Monday night time.
It was Ohtani’s fifth leadoff homer this season and seventeenth since arriving within the majors from Japan in 2018. It was the second time this 12 months that he went deep on the primary pitch.
It was the third time that Williams allowed a homer on the primary pitch, tied with the Athletics’ Jeffrey Springs, Milwaukee’s Nestor Cortes and Boston’s Tanner Houck for essentially the most this season.
Ohtani additionally had leadoff homers in consecutive video games on June 25-26 final season in opposition to the Chicago White Sox.
Supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned earlier than Monday’s sport that Ohtani is more likely to throw a bullpen session on the crew’s off day on Thursday after dealing with stay hitters on Sunday. Ohtani is recovering from surgical procedure on his proper elbow on Sept. 19, 2023.
“He did come out of yesterday feeling good,” Roberts mentioned.
