Shohei Ohtani did not get a hit nor score a run on Friday against the Padres, though he did drive in the Dodgers’ first run with a fielder’s choice groundout.
Friday snapped a streak of eight straight games with an extra-base hit for Ohtani, one shy of the franchise record. His string of scoring runs was also stopped at eight games, one shy of his longest streak with the Dodgers, set last season.
But even with Friday’s relatively quiet game, Ohtani has been quite productive in August hitting .396/.525/.813 with five home runs. Hie homer off Kenley Jansen on Tuesday in Anaheim gave him 290 total bases on the season. Coupled with Ohtani’s Los Angeles Dodgers record of 411 total bases last season, he’s just the third player in franchise history with 700 total bases over a two-year span.
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