Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits his first home run as a Dodger during the game against the San Francisco Giants. Ohtani had been struggling with his performance in the previous games but finally found his form.
Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani , right, celebrates with teammate Freddie Freeman after hitting a home run during the seventh inning of their game against the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium. It was Ohtani’s first home run as a Dodger. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)LOS ANGELES — This was what the Dodgers , and their fans, and pretty near all of L.A. and maybe all of baseball – and, definitely, Shohei Ohtani – had been waiting for.
For the first six games of the Dodgers’ first homestand of 2024, baseball’s unicorn had been strangely muted. In a Dodger attack that had been averaging 6.2 runs and hadn’t scored less than five runs in a game, the most heralded and expensive acquisition (albeit with deferred money) of the offseason had been, in the words of Manager Dave Roberts, “just a tick off” with the bat. Ohtani wasn’t terrible offensively going into Wednesday night. He just wasn’t keeping up with the rest of a high-powered offense, with a .242 average
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