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Ohtani Hits 55th to Break Dodgers Record Ahead of Wild Card Series

Los Angeles hosts the Reds with Blake Snell and Yoshinobu Yamamoto lined up while Shohei Ohtani remains a potential Game 3 pitching option.

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Overview

  • Shohei Ohtani closed the regular season with a seventh-inning, 412-foot solo homer off Gabe Speier at T-Mobile Park, capping a 6-1 win and setting the Dodgers’ single-season mark at 55.
  • Ohtani finished at .282/.392/.622 with 55 home runs, 102 RBIs, 146 runs to lead MLB, and a majors-best 380 total bases.
  • His two-year Dodgers total reached 109 home runs, eclipsing Shawn Green’s club record of 91 over a two-season span, and he logged a second 50-homer/20-steal campaign, a first in MLB history.
  • He placed second in the National League home run race behind Kyle Schwarber’s 56.
  • The Dodgers ended 93-69 with the NL West title and open the best-of-three Wild Card Series at home Tuesday vs. the Reds, with Dave Roberts pointing to Snell for Game 1, Yamamoto for Game 2, Ohtani as a Game 3 option, and Clayton Kershaw expected in a bullpen role.