Shohei Ohtani leads off with homer for 2nd straight game for 2nd time in career

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.

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 towards the Chicago White Sox.

Supervisor Dave Roberts stated earlier than Monday’s recreation that Ohtani is prone to throw a bullpen session on the group’s off day on Thursday after facing live 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 stated.

Reporting by The Related Press.

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