The reigning American and Nationwide League MVPs went head-to-head Friday evening in a rematch of the 2024 World Collection. The Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the New York Yankees and Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Choose placed on a present.
Whereas Choose began issues off with a deep residence run to middle within the prime of the primary, Ohtani answered again with a blast within the backside of the inning.
When Ohtani completed his trot and touched residence plate he made historical past, scoring his sixtieth run of the season. He’s the primary participant within the trendy period to attain 60 runs earlier than the month of June, per OptaSTATS on X.
Shohei Ohtani powers the Dodgers previous the Yankees
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After all, Ohtani would hit one other residence run within the sixth inning – his MLB-leading twenty second homer – and rating his 61st run of the season. If the Dodgers star continues at this blistering tempo, he’d rating 173 runs this yr. That will place him third all-time for runs scored in a single season. However it will be 24 extra runs scored than anybody who’s performed baseball within the twenty first century.
Ohtani started the day main the majors with 20 residence runs. Then Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh clubbed two homers in opposition to the Twins, placing him at 21 on the season. However Shohei matched Raleigh with two bombs of his personal in opposition to the Yankees to retain the MLB lead.
Along with padding his stats, these two residence runs helped the Dodgers overcome the Yankees. The World Collection rematch changed into an MVP residence run derby when Paul Goldschmidt went deep within the third inning. 4 Yankees gamers homered within the recreation however the Dodgers got here out on prime with the 8-5 victory.
Los Angeles is now 35-22 on the season with a two recreation lead over the second-place San Diego Padres within the NL West. The division is very aggressive, placing stress on the Dodgers, who’ve endured an injury-riddled pitching employees this yr. And, the crew introduced that Mookie Betts missed Friday’s recreation with an damage after the previous MVP stubbed his large left toe. Betts is taken into account day-to-day because the Dodgers anxiously await the outcomes of his X-rays.