Shohei Ohtani made baseball historical past by changing into the primary participant to hit 50 residence runs and steal 50 bases in a single season.
The Los Angeles Dodgers famous person set a Division I document by stealing three bases within the first inning in opposition to the Miami Marlins.
He then accomplished his 51st steal and hit his forty ninth residence run of the season within the sixth inning, tying the Dodgers’ document for many residence runs in a season set by Shawn Inexperienced in 2001.
Ohtani then hit 50 residence runs within the subsequent inning, changing into the primary participant to realize the 50-50 feat.
The 30-year-old Japanese participant joined the Dodgers in December on a 10-year $700m (£527m) deal, the most important deal within the historical past of the game, making him one of many world’s highest-paid gamers One of many tallest athletes.
