Current:Home > FinanceShohei Ohtani homers for the first time as a Dodger, gets ball back from fan -EliteFunds
Shohei Ohtani homers for the first time as a Dodger, gets ball back from fan
View
Date:2025-04-15 06:08:25
It took nine games, but Shohei Ohtani finally has his first official home run in a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform.
Ohtani, who signed a 10-year, $700 million free agent contract with the Dodgers this past offseason, took a 3-1 fastball from San Francisco Giants reliever Taylor Rogers and deposited it 430 feet into the bleachers in right center field, much to the delight of the 52,746 in attendance Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium.
Ohtani's blast provided the winning margin in the Dodgers' 5-4 victory, capping a three-game sweep of their arch-rivals.
ALL THINGS DODGERS: Latest Los Angeles Dodgers news, schedule, roster, stats, injury updates and more
Ohtani finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored and is hitting .270 for the season.
All things Dodgers: Latest Los Angeles Dodgers news, schedule, roster, stats, injury updates and more.
After the game, Ohtani told reporters that he was able to get the home run ball back from the fan who caught it in the stands. And all the trade required: two caps, a bat and another baseball.
"I was able to talk to the fan and get the ball back," Ohtani said via his new interpreter, Will Ireton. "Obviously, it's a very special ball. A lot of feelings toward it. I'm very grateful it's back."
veryGood! (2)
Related
- Nearly 400 USAID contract employees laid off in wake of Trump's 'stop work' order
- Film academy gifts a replacement of Hattie McDaniel’s historic Oscar to Howard University
- Spain charges Shakira with tax evasion in second case, demanding more than $7 million
- When is the next Powerball drawing? 4th largest jackpot climbs over $800 million
- Average rate on 30
- United Farm Workers endorses Biden, says he’s an ‘authentic champion’ for workers and their families
- With spying charges behind him, NYPD officer now fighting to be reinstated
- Nevada man gets life in prison for killing his pregnant girlfriend on tribal land in 2020
- This was the average Social Security benefit in 2004, and here's what it is now
- Police chief in Massachusetts charged with insider trading will resign
Ranking
- Sarah J. Maas books explained: How to read 'ACOTAR,' 'Throne of Glass' in order.
- 'They can't buy into that American Dream': How younger workers are redefining success
- Swiss indict a former employee of trading firm Gunvor over bribes paid in Republic of Congo
- Nevada man gets life in prison for killing his pregnant girlfriend on tribal land in 2020
- 'As foretold in the prophecy': Elon Musk and internet react as Tesla stock hits $420 all
- 'Bachelor in Paradise' Season 9: Cast, premiere date, trailer, how to watch new episodes
- A fire at a wedding hall in northern Iraq kills at least 100 people and injures 150 more
- Donatella Versace slams Italian government’s anti-gay policies from La Scala stage
Recommendation
'We're reborn!' Gazans express joy at returning home to north
How NPR covered the missionary who ran a center for malnourished kids where 105 died
Death of former NFL WR Mike Williams being investigated for 'unprescribed narcotics'
20 dead, nearly 300 injured in blast as Armenia refugees flee disputed enclave
Angelina Jolie nearly fainted making Maria Callas movie: 'My body wasn’t strong enough'
There's a good chance you're not planning for retirement correctly. Here's why.
Joe Namath blasts struggling Jets QB Zach Wilson: 'I've seen enough'
Brooke Hogan Shares Why She Didn’t Attend Dad Hulk Hogan’s Wedding