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Shohei Ohtani takes 57th bottom, many through Japanese-born player

.Sep 27, 2024, 09:50 PM ETDENVER-- Los Angeles Dodgers assigned hitter Shohei Ohtani hit his 54th homer of the season Friday night against Colorado after previously stealing base No. 57 to pass Ichiro Suzuki for the very most in a singular season by a Japanese-born player.Ohtani ended up 4-for-5, consisting of a set of single people as well as a double, and steered in 4 operates in the Dodgers' 11-4 succeed. He now has 24 favorites over his past 34 at-bats." Shohei, he put on a program," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.Ohtani is making a significant cost at a Triple Crown, leading the National Game in homers (54) as well as RBIs (130 ). He increased his average to.309 to track just the Padres' Luis Arru00e1ez (.314 after going 3-for-5 versus the Diamondbacks on Friday evening) in the batting-title race.Editor's Picks2 RelatedHe introduced a towering three-run burst in to the 2nd deck at Coors Area in the sixth inning on a changeup coming from Rockies reducer Anthony Molina. It was actually a no-doubter at the split of the baseball bat, along with the sellout crowd instantaneously emerging, a very early program before the fireworks present that waited for after the video game." [Ohtani] attacks the ball actually hard considering that he turns tough and also he's a powerful male," Mountain ranges supervisor Bud Black pointed out. "He is actually an actually amazing skill." His 408 total manners this season are actually 2nd very most in franchise business record. Babe Herman prepared the record of 416 in 1930. The Dodgers are currently 38-12 this time when Ohtani goes garden." He is actually locked in," colleague Chris Taylor stated. "He's absolutely in an area right now. He is actually experiencing it. Our company're all just seeing him remain to have an excellent year as well as he is actually completing it solid." In the second inning, Ohtani-- wearing spikes featuring a photo of his canine, Decoy-- swiped second to overshadow Suzuki's score set in 2001 along with Seattle. Suzuki played for the Mariners, the New York City Yankees, Miami and after that briefly returned to Seattle over a career that stretched over aspect of 19 seasons.Ohtani has actually effectively swiped 34 forthright bases without being captured. It's the second-longest streak in franchise past history, tracking only Davey Lopes' 38 in 1975. Ohtani is 57-of-61 on stolen-base attempts the season.The Associated Push helped in this record.