LOS ANGELES -- Shohei Ohtani broke Hideki Matsui's major league record for homers by a Japanese-born player with a huge two-run shot in the third inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers snapped their three-game skid with a 10-0 victory over the New York Mets on Sunday.Ohtani crushed a 423-foot line drive off Adrian Houser deep into the right-field bleachers for the two-time AL MVP's fifth homer of the year and the 176th of his six-plus seasons in the majors with the Angels and Dodgers.
Houser couldn't control the Dodgers' potent lineup, giving up seven runs on eight hits and four walks in his fourth start for his new team.Los Angeles chased Houser with six straight batters reaching base in the fifth. After Betts drove in Pages, Ohtani singled off Houser's leg before Freeman and Smith delivered back-to-back doubles.'Just making too many mistakes,' Houser said. 'Wasn't able to get in sync in that fifth inning.
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