Shohei Ohtani follows historic 2-way show with World Series homer, but Dodgers routed by Jays
TORONTO AP Shohei Ohtani followed his two-way show for the ages with a homer in the Dodgers World Series opener but he also grounded out with the bases loaded in Los Angeles - loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night Trailing - in the seventh inning Ohtani hit a soaring two-run shot to right field off Braydon Fisher It was his fourth homer in two games after connecting three times and striking out as a pitcher in LA s Battle win to clinch their NL Championship Series Ohtani s homer Friday didn t do much for Los Angeles chances after a flop by the Dodgers pitchers Starter Blake Snell was knocked out of the battle before getting an out in the sixth inning and Toronto then pummeled the bullpen during a nine-run sixth highlighted by Addison Barger s pinch-hit grand slam and Alejandro Kirk s two-run homer Ohtani also missed an earlier chance to impact the competition with his two-out bases-loaded groundout in the second inning Los Angeles led - at that point Blue Jay fans booed Ohtani loudly during pregame introductions Before signing a million -year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers the two-way star met with Blue Jays agents on Dec at the gang s spring training complex in Dunedin Florida Toronto manager John Schneider joked Thursday that he sought Ohtani to return a Blue Jays hat and a jacket for his dog Decoy that he took after that meeting Fans chanted We don t need you at Ohtani while he batted in the ninth inning He walked in that at-bat then was nearly picked off a moment later by left-hander Eric Lauer with two outs Ohtani was ruled safe after a video review Ohtani helped lead the Dodgers to last year s title hitting with homers RBIs and stolen bases Back to pitching in a limited role this season as he returned from elbow surgery he batted with homers RBIs and steals while going - with a ERA in starts striking out in innings He s expected to start Challenge or on the mound AP MLB https apnews com MLB Source
