Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani (30) hit another home run. He has nine homers in his last 12 games.
Ohtani hit his 26th solo home run of the season in the leadoff spot in the lineup against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, on Tuesday.
After retiring San Francisco left-hander Eric Miller on a foul tip on an outside slider in a seven-pitch at-bat in the top of the first inning, Ohtani activated the home run gun in his second at-bat of the inning.
With the bases loaded and one out, he took a six-pitch, 85.6 mph (137.8 km/h) slider high and away from the body from right-hander Spencer Howard for a solo shot over the center field wall.
It was his 26th home run of the season to break a 2-2 tie.
It was clocked at 109.7 miles per hour (176.5 kilometers per hour) with a distance of 412 feet (125.6 meters) and a launch angle of 35 degrees.
Ohtani, who homered in two games in three days after hitting one against the Chicago White Sox on April 27, 에볼루션 바카라사이트 has now hit nine homers in his last nine games, dating back to April 17 against the Kansas City Royals. He hit seven homers in 32 games in March and April, seven in 24 games in May, and 12 in 25 games in June.
Ohtani has extended his lead in the National League (NL) home run lead to five over second-place Marcell Ozuna (Atlanta Braves-21). He is also second in both leagues, including the American League (AL), behind only Aaron Judge (New York Yankees-30).
Ohtani also has 197 career home runs, three shy of becoming the first Japanese player to reach 200. He is also 21 homers shy of the Asian record of 218, held by South Korean Choo Shin-soo (42.SSG Rangers).