In his spring training debut Friday, Shohei Ohtani picked up where he left off in his 50-50 2024 campaign.
The Los Angeles Dodgers star hit a full-count, opposite-field home run in his first at-bat in Arizona, overcoming the lefty-lefty disadvantage to take countryman Yusei Kikuchi into the left-field stands. The homer came against his former team, the Los Angeles Angels.
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That was the only hit Ohtani would get, as he popped up against Kikuchi in his next at-bat then struck out against Chase Silseth.