The Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the Miami Marlins 11-9 on Tuesday night time, however even in defeat Dodgers DH and Nationwide League MVP candidate Shohei Ohtani left an impression and moved nearer to baseball historical past. 

Ohtani hit his forty eighth residence run within the third inning, which introduced him one other step nearer to the primary 50-50 season in Main League Baseball historical past. This is a take a look at the 402-foot homer off a Darren McCaughan sweeper: 

As you possibly can see, that blast reached the second deck of LoanDepot Park in Miami and did so with relative ease. Along with these 48 residence runs, Ohtani additionally has 48 stolen bases on the season (he is been caught simply 4 instances). If he can tally two extra of every class over the Dodgers’ remaining 11 video games within the common season, then as famous he’ll be the primary participant ever to amass at the least 50 residence runs and 50 stolen bases in the identical season. To place that in perspective, simply two different gamers — Barry Bonds and Brady Anderson — have ever had at the least 50 residence runs and 50 stolen bases in a season at any level of their careers. 

In his time away from pitching as he continues his restoration from Tommy John surgical procedure, Ohtani has been in peak type on the plate. He is now slashing .287/.372/.611 with 87 extra-base hits and 359 whole bases. Throw in his base-running excellence, and Ohtani appears wager to win the MVP award for the third time in his unexampled profession. 

As for Ohtani’s Dodgers, the loss to Miami dropped them to 89-62 on the 12 months. Nonetheless, they nonetheless lead the NL West and can virtually definitely make the postseason for a twelfth straight 12 months.