Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani Thursday became the first ever Major League Baseball player to reach 50 homers and 50 stolen bases in a season.
It was Ohtani's second home run of the game, giving Los Angeles a 14-3 lead in the top of the seventh. Ohtani was 5-for-5 at the plate with seven RBIs in the historic performance.star reaching 50-50, the closest a player came to making history was Atlanta Braves star Ronald Acuna Jr. Acuna Jr. in the 2023 campaign stole a whopping 73 bases, but fell short with home runs at 41 as he won the NL MVP award.
With Ohtani's record-setting numbers, it's likely to assume similar individual honors are headed his way.Get today's sports news out of Los Angeles. Here's the latest on the Dodgers, Lakers, Angels, Kings, Galaxy, LAFC, USC, UCLA and more LA teams.
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