Dodgers sensation Shohei Ohtani made major-league baseball history against the Marlins at loanDepot park on Thursday, blasting a two-run homer over the left-field wall in the seventh inning to become the first player with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a single season.
Ohtani wasn't finished. As an encore to his 391-foot shot off reliever Mike Baumann, Ohtani crushed a pitch from Vidal Bruján, an infielder brought in to pitch the ninth inning, 440 feet to right center for his career-best third homer of the game.
I've had perhaps the most memorable moments here in my career and this stadium has become one of my favorite stadiums,” said Ohtani, via an interpreter, of loanDepot park, where he led Japan to the 2023 World Baseball Classic championship.
He's the most talented player I've ever seen,” Marlins manager Skip Schumaker said. “He is doing things I've never seen done before in the game. And if he has a couple more of these peak years, he might be the best ever to play the game.
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