Baseball: Ohtani goes deep in back-to-back games as Dodgers win

Shohei Ohtani hit his National League lead-extending 39th home run on Sunday, going deep for the second straight day as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1. The Japanese star put the Dodgers on the board with one out in the fifth at Busch Stadium, pulling the first pitch from starter Sonny Gray (11-8), a curveball in the middle of the zone, for a solo shot. The line drive to right-center flew a similar trajectory to the one he hit Saturday against the same team. Miguel Rojas singled in a crucial run with two outs for the Dodgers, while Lars Nootbaar, Ohtani’s World Basebal…

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