Shohei Ohtani hit another mammoth blast on Friday night, this time against his old team, and he made more Los Angeles Dodgers history in the process.
The Angels won in 10 innings to beat the crosstown rivals and move to 30-45 on the season. Los Angeles fell to 47-31 with the loss but still has a firm grip on the National League West lead.
In the loss, Dodgers' star Shohei Ohtani went 2-for-2 with a homer, two walks, a run scored and two RBI. The home run was his first against his former team since leaving the Angels for the Dodgers this past offseason. The home run also made some recent team history, as Ohtani just continues to do things that we've never seen before.Shohei Ohtani has 5 450+ ft HR so far this seasonOhtani is certainly doing his best to live up to the 10-year, $700 million contract that he signed with the Dodgers in the offseason. He's hitting .322 this year with 22 homers and 55 RBI while also stealing 16 bases. He's moved into the leadoff spot with the recent injury to Mookie Betts and is posting a 1.
The Dodgers and Angels will play again on Saturday night with first pitch coming 10:10 p.m. ET. Zack Plesac will pitch against Tyler Glasnow .Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University.
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