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<\/p>\n\n\nLOS ANGELES \u2014<\/strong> In a spectacle only Shohei Ohtani<\/strong> can provide, the Japanese superstar was the protagonist on both ends of the diamond during the 5-2 victory of the Dodgers<\/strong> over the Minnesota Twins<\/strong> this Monday at Dodger Stadium.\n\nOhtani allowed his first home run of the season<\/strong> in the opening of the game, courtesy of Byron Buxton<\/strong>, but quickly took revenge with his bat. In the bottom of the same inning, the two-time MVP responded with a two-run homer<\/strong>, his 35th of the campaign<\/strong>, projected at 441 feet<\/strong> by Statcast, with an exit velocity of 113.4 mph<\/strong>.\n\n\n \u201cAllow one\u2026 and then hit one yourself. There aren’t many in history who can do that,\u201d commented manager Dave Roberts. \u201cThat’s Shohei.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Game Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n LOS ANGELES \u2014 In a spectacle only Shohei Ohtani can provide, the Japanese superstar was the protagonist on both ends of the diamond during the 5-2 victory of the Dodgers over the Minnesota Twins this Monday at Dodger Stadium. Ohtani allowed his first home run of the season in the opening of the game, courtesy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":475825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[611,40231,40813,13766],"class_list":["post-475824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-major-leagues","tag-mlb"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-1ZMA","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Gwb0tZlbEAEHQ-h.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Gwb0tZlbEAEHQ-h.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
A historical fact<\/h3>\n\n\nAccording to MLB.com, no pitcher had allowed and hit a home run in the first inning of the same game<\/strong> since Randy Lerch did it in 1979 with the Phillies. Ohtani, as usual, continues to defy what it means to be a Major League player.\n\nFurthermore, he already has five home runs in the first inning as a pitcher<\/strong>, an unprecedented figure: no other pitcher in history<\/strong> has more than two.\n\n\n
From the Hill<\/h3>\n\n\nAlthough he didn’t have his most dominant outing, Ohtani limited the damage<\/strong> to that first hit. In 3.0 innings of work<\/strong>, he allowed four hits, one run, one walk and struck out three, replicating his line from his previous start. Of his 46 pitches, 11 resulted in balls in play with an average exit velocity of 97.5 mph or more<\/strong>, but only Buxton managed to convert it into tangible damage.\n\n\n
Offensive Backup<\/h3>\n\n\nIn addition to Ohtani’s home run, the Dodgers relied on the power of Will Smith<\/strong>, who hit two home runs, and a long hit by Cuban Andy Pag\u00e9s<\/strong>, to cut a streak of three consecutive losses after the All-Star break.\n\nReliever Dustin May (6-6)<\/strong> was key from the bullpen, throwing 4.2 scoreless innings<\/strong>, controlling the pace of the game and securing the victory for Los Angeles.\n\n\n
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