Los Angeles, United States /
In its seventh season in the Major Leaguesthe Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani debuted Saturday in a playoff game with a massive three-run homer in the victory of the Los Angeles Dodgers 7×5 against the San Diego Padres.
The Los Angeles team thus advanced 1-0 at the start of the Las Mayores division series, which is played in the best of five games.
After 860 matches and 3 thousand 602 plate appearances in the Major Leagues, Shohei Ohtani He did not disappoint in his long-awaited debut in the postseason with the Dodgers uniform, the franchise he joined after six seasons with the Angels.
The Dodgers won the bid, offering a contract worth $700 million for a decade, and Ohtani did not disappoint either in the regular season, in which he is the favorite to win his third MVP award, or at the start. of his playoff career.
In just his second at-bat, Ohtani raised the Dodgers Stadium crowd by hit a 113-meter home run that drove in runs by Will Smith and Gavin Lux in the second entry.
The Japanese’s missile tied the score in a game that had already seen a two-run home run by Manny Machado for its Californian rival.
The visitors once again took a two-run lead thanks to a double by Xander Bogaerts but the Dominican Teoscar Hernández turned it around again with a double that drove in runs from Ohtani and Mookie Betts.
A run by Will Smith in the fifth inning sealed the first victory for the Dodgers, who will host the next episode of the series on Sunday.
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