SEATTLE -- With another year in Dodger blue in the books, Shohei Ohtani has toppled another franchise record.
This time, it was one of his own.
Ohtani set a career high -- and passed his own single-season franchise record -- with his 55th home run in the seventh inning of the Dodgers' final regular-season game on Sunday at T-Mobile Park. Last year, he set both the personal and franchise records with 54 long balls in his one-of-a-kind 50-50 season.
Facing a fellow lefty in Mariners reliever Gabe Speier, Ohtani did not miss when he was presented with an 0-2 fastball over the heart of the plate. The Dodgers superstar squared it up and sent it sailing a Statcast-projected 412 feet -- at 109.5 mph off the bat -- over the fence in center field.
The record-setting round-tripper gave Ohtani