LOS ANGELES — On Shohei Ohtani bobblehead night time, opposing pitchers beware.
The Dodgers celebrity went deep twice and drove in six runs in Thursday’s 19-2 rout of the A’s, on the identical night time that his staff gave away a bobblehead commemorating his one-of-a-kind 50-50 season.
For these holding observe at house, Ohtani is as much as 15 homers and 10 stolen bases, placing him at roughly a 55-36 tempo. He is forward of the place he was final 12 months, when he had 12 homers and 10 steals by means of the Dodgers’ first 44 video games.
Ohtani’s first multihomer displaying this season moved him right into a tie with the Yankees’ Aaron Choose and the Phillies’ Kyle Schwarber for the Main League lead in house runs with 15 apiece.
Ohtani has now gone deep in his final three bobblehead nights, starting with the extremely anticipated giveaway that featured Ohtani holding his beloved canine, Decoy, final August. He hit a leadoff blast off the Orioles’ Corbin Burnes that day.
This 12 months, on April 3, Ohtani’s first bobblehead commemorated his third unanimous MVP Award. After the Dodgers rallied again from an early deficit and pleasure constructed all through the night, he walked off the Braves with a solo shot to safe an undefeated 8-0 begin to the Dodgers’ title protection.
There are two extra Ohtani bobblehead giveaways scheduled for this season, on Aug. 27 vs. the Reds and Sept. 10 vs. the Rockies. Judging by how the previous couple of have gone, anticipate Ohtani to rise to the event, as he tends to do.
Ohtani’s six RBIs had been a season excessive, beginning with a sacrifice fly within the second that drove in Dodgers high prospect Dalton Dashing, who notched his first hit in his Main League debut.
Ohtani’s first homer of the night time was a three-run blast in a wild third inning the place the Dodgers batted round, plating seven runs in whole. Together with his staff holding a safe double-digit lead, supervisor Dave Roberts opted to offer Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts and Andy Pages the night time off early after that large body.
However Ohtani wasn’t performed but. His two-run blast within the fourth gave his staff an absurd 13-run lead. The Dodgers mixed for a season-high 5 homers in all, surpassing their earlier mark of 4 — which was set the night time earlier than in Wednesday’s 9-3 win over the A’s.
