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Shohei Ohtani’s legend grows with entry into the 40-40 club
Shohei Ohtani entered the 40-40 club in dramatic fashion, and Mackenzie Salmon breaks down the superstar’s body of work and wonders if he’s a Hall of Famer yet.
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Shohei Ohtani hit one of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ four home runs in the first inning and Tommy Edman homered twice in the game, leading the host Dodgers to a 10-8 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday.
Edman, Will Smith and Max Muncy hit home runs in the opening inning, all in succession off left-hander Jordan Wicks, as the Dodgers avoided a three-game sweep of the Cubs in first place. Edman hit a home run from each side of the plate.
Ohtani, who also stole a base, has 47 home runs and 48 steals to his name, nearing the first 50-50 season in Major League history.
The Dodgers (87-59) held on to a five-game lead over the second-place Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League West. Los Angeles moved 5½ games clear of the third-place San Diego Padres.
Seiya Suzuki and Cody Bellinger hit home runs for the Cubs. Bellinger’s three-run home run in a four-run fifth inning helped Chicago to a 7-7 tie.
The Cubs (75-71) fell five games behind the New York Mets in the battle for the final wild-card spot in the NL.
The Cubs took a 2-0 lead in the first inning when Isaac Paredes hit an RBI single and former Dodger Michael Busch followed with a run-scoring double.
Ohtani’s sixth leadoff homer of the season came on Wicks’ fourth pitch of the game. His 47th of the year tied him with Bellinger for third on the Dodgers’ single-season homer list, trailing only Shawn Green (49 in 2001) and Adrian Beltre (48 in 2004).
Edman hit a home run for a 3-2 lead, Smith followed with his 18th and Muncy hit his 14th.
Suzuki hit a home run for the Cubs in the third inning, his 20th, before Ohtani hit a two-run single at the end of the inning, giving the Dodgers a 7-3 lead.
The Cubs tied the game in the fifth inning when Bellinger hit a home run and Pete Crow-Armstrong added an RBI single. It was Bellinger’s 17th of the season and his second against his former club in three games.
The Dodgers got a decisive hit in the seventh inning from Gavin Lux against Shawn Armstrong (3-3).
Edman hit his second home run of the game in the eighth inning. Edman has four homers in the past two days, while he has none in 19 previous Major League games this year.
Wicks allowed seven runs and eight hits in three innings, with four hits and two strikeouts.
Dodgers starter Bobby Miller gave up six runs and five hits in 4⅓ innings, with four hits and two strikeouts.
Alex Vesia (3-4) earned the win after pitching one scoreless inning. Michael Kopech recorded his 13th save despite walking three batters and allowing a sacrifice fly by Paredes in the ninth.
