Baseball: Ohtani closes in on 50-50 club with 46th home run

Shohei Ohtani took another step toward Major League Baseball history with his 46th home run for the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 4-0 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday. The Japanese superstar is on the brink of becoming the first MLB player to record 50 homers and 50 stolen bases in a single campaign, having amassed 46 of each with 19 games left in the regular season. Ohtani, already the only player to go 46-46, blasted a 450-foot solo bomb into the upper deck beyond right field in the fifth inning, staying just inside the foul pole at Dodger Stadium. “I’m glad it stayed fair,” said the 30…

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