Shohei Ohtani tied the Dodgers franchise report by homering in his fifth straight recreation, taking Twins starter Chris Paddack deep within the first inning on Wednesday afternoon.
Ohtani had set his personal personal-best when he went deep for the fourth consecutive recreation lower than 24 hours earlier within the ninth inning of Tuesday night time’s recreation. The 2-way celebrity now has an NL-best 37 homers, and solely Cal Raleigh (39) has greater than him throughout the Majors.
Six different Dodgers have homered in 5 video games in a row — Roy Campanella, Shawn Inexperienced, Matt Kemp, Adrián González, Joc Pederson and Max Muncy — however no one in franchise historical past has ever reached six. The MLB report is eight straight video games, performed by Ken Griffey Jr., Don Mattingly and Dale Lengthy.
