For the second game in a row, reigning National League Most Valuable Player and Los Angeles Dodgers supertar two-way player Shohei Ohtani has gone yard. His home run in Wednesday night's series finale against the Philadelphia Phillies helped Los Angeles avoid a three-game sweep, as the team came away with a 5-0 victory at Dodger Stadium.

Ohtani extended the Dodgers' lead to 4-0 in the bottom of the eighth inning with a solo home run off Philadelphia starting pitcher Jesus Luzardo. It was a patient battle for Ohtani, as he worked on a 2-2 count before sending Luzardo's 88 mph sweeper that went to the middle of the strike zone out of the park . That home run was also his 51st of the season. Expand Tweet

It appeared that Ohtani had a good read of what was coming on that pitch. Luza

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