The Dodgers lost 5-3 as Yoshinobu Yamamoto was uncharacteristically sloppy on the mound. Shohei Ohtani went 1-for-5 with a home run and now stands alone in some unique baseball history.

It's now been 19, nearly 20 months since we last saw Shohei Ohtani on a major league pitcher's mound. The Los Angeles Dodgers superstar took his offensive game to new heights in 2024, winning his third career Most Valuable Player Award purely on the merits of his bat and speed.

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani got paid and then he won a World Series. Had he been able to look into the future to guarantee those two outcomes when he became a free agent in November 2023, he would have been extremely happy with his results.