Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani counters Aaron Judge with first pitch homer vs. Yankees

As the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers clash in the opening game of a three-game series, the stars have come out to shine.

After Yankees captain Aaron Judge hit a home run in the top of the first to give his team the lead, Dodgers stud Shohei Ohtani came up to lead the bottom half of the frame. Ohtani answered Judge's bomb with one of his own, hitting Yankees ace Max Fried's first pitch of the night into the bleachers of Dodger Stadium. ClutchPoints posted the monstrous shot on their X, formerly Twitter, page. Expand Tweet

It's not the first time Ohtani has led off a game with a first-pitch moonshot. As the debate over baseball's best player rages on between Ohtani and his Bronx counterpart, each man has shown in Friday's matchup why they are considered to be among th