Baseball: Ohtani swipes 49th base in Dodgers’ win over Marlins

Shohei Ohtani took a small step toward becoming Major League Baseball’s first player with 50 home runs and 50 steals in a season with his 49th stolen base Wednesday in his Los Angeles Dodgers’ 8-4 win over the Miami Marlins. A day after hitting his 48th home run at Miami’s loanDepot park, Ohtani singled on the game’s second pitch, stole second, went to third on a throwing error but was out at home trying to score on a ground ball. Ohtani went 1-for-5 with two strikeouts, but the Dodgers needed little offensively from their designated hitter, taking a 1-0 lead on Will Smith’s second-inning home…

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