Miami. Shohei Ohtani yesterday established himself as the first player in the history of the Major Leagues to hit 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in the same campaign, by providing the most spectacular performance of his career, with three home runs and a couple of steals in the game in which his team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, defeated the Miami Marlins 20-4.
The Japanese star also became the first player with three home runs and two steals in the same game. As if that were not enough, he hit a pair of doubles, had a career-high six hits and set a Dodgers record with 10 RBIs.
His 51 homers this season broke the franchise record, which was 49 and was set by Shawn Green in 2001.
Ohtani started the day with two home runs and a scam from the unprecedented 50/50 club. As an appetizer, he hit a double in the first turn of the duel against the Dominican Edward Cabrera and stole the third base to reach fifty thefts, which surpassed the current coach of the Dodgers, Dave Roberts, and placed second Japanese player with the most steals in MLB history, behind Ichiro Suzuki, with 56 in 2001.
He was part of a double steal, along with Freddie Freeman, who reached base on a walk.
The Asian stole his 51st base in the second inning. He has been successful in his last 28 scam attempts.
Likewise, his long-awaited 49th home run came in the sixth inning, when he found a slider of the Dominican George Soriano, with a count of 1-1, and catapulted the ball 438 feet from the plate, to deposit it on the second floor of the stands between the right field and the center field. That blow put the Dodgers up 9-3.
In the seventh inning, Ohtani, who was already the fastest player to reach 40 home runs and 40 steals in a season, hit the historic hit to left field to drive in two runs against reliever Mike Baumann.
The Dodgers players gathered to congratulate the prodigious player when he arrived at the dugout, while the 15,548 fans began chanting his name until he emerged to receive a standing ovation at Miami’s LoanDepot Park.
In the ninth inning, the Japanese made the ball travel 440 feet between right and center field to produce three runs against the Dominican Vidal Bruján, who usually works as a second baseman, but took the mound as a desperate act in the middle of the beating of the Los Angeles team.
Ohtani’s historic journey almost included the cycle. He was pulled at third when he tried to turn his second double into a triple.
The 30-year-old, who signed a record $700 million contract as a free agent with the Dodgers, has 221 home runs in his entire career.
With this victory, the Dodgers, leaders of the Western Division of the National League, secured their twelfth berth. playoffs consecutively, and reduced their magic number
of games to obtain the division title.
On the other hand, Andrés Giménez drove in José Ramírez with the winning run from second base with a single in the tenth inning and the Cleveland Guardians dramatically secured their ticket to the playoffsafter winning 3-2 against the Minnesota Twins.
Meanwhile, the Seattle Mariners, with Mexican Randy Arozarena, beat the Yankees 3-2 and maintain hope of reaching the postseason, since they came within two games of Minnesota and Detroit in the fight for the last wild card ticket in the American League.
After this defeat, the New York team, which qualified for the next round on Wednesday, saw its lead in the AL East Division against Baltimore, which yesterday beat San Francisco 5-3, reduced to four games.
More results: Atlanta 15-3 Cincinnati, Toronto 4-0 Texas, Tampa Bay 2-0 Boston, Pittsburgh 3-2 San Luis, among others.
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– 2024-09-27 23:50:27
