Ohtani hits 30 MLB home runs for 4 consecutive years… 144m super large arch
Ranked first in home runs, runs scored, and slugging percentage in the National League… 2nd place in batting average
Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani (30) hit 30 home runs for the fourth consecutive year.
Ohtani started as the number 1 designated hitter in the 2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) visiting game against the Boston Red Sox held at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California on the 22nd (Korean time) and entered the bottom of the 5th inning with the Dodgers ahead 5-2. On offense, Woo Jung-wol hit a solo home run.
Against Boston starting pitcher Cooter Crawford, he attacked a cut fastball in the center of the fourth pitch and drew a very large arch with a distance of 144m.
With this home run, Ohtani maintained his lead in home runs in the MLB National League with 30 home runs this season.
It is two points behind second place Marcel Ozuna (28, Atlanta Braves).
Ohtani hit 46 home runs in 2021, hitting 30 home runs for the first time since his MLB debut, and hit 34 home runs in 2022 and 44 in 2023.
In the United States, attention is being paid to Ohtani’s home run distance.
MLB.com said, “Ohtani hit 7 large home runs this season with a distance of 450 feet (137 m) or more, which is the most this season.”
In addition, he added, “Ohtani has recorded three of the five highest distance home runs at Dodger Stadium since the introduction of the home run distance program in 2015.”
On this day, Ohtani recorded 1 hit in 3 at-bats, 1 home run, 1 walk, 1 RBI, and 1 run, maintaining his season batting average at 0.315.
Ohtani ranks second in the National League in batting average after Christian Yelich (0.320) of the Milwaukee Brewers.
He ranks first in runs scored (78 points) and slugging percentage (0.638), and third in runs batted in (70 points) and on-base percentage (0.401).
The Dodgers won 9-6 and maintained first place in the National League West Division with their 3rd consecutive win.
They are 8 games behind the second-place Arizona Diamondbacks.
/Yonhap News
