Baseball: Ohtani homers, breaks Ichiro’s steal record in Dodgers’ win

Shohei Ohtani hammered his 54th home run after snagging his 57th stolen base and breaking Ichiro Suzuki’s single-season steal record for a Japanese-born player in Major League Baseball on Friday, as the Los Angeles Dodgers overpowered the Colorado Rockies 11-4. A day after coming up clutch in a National League West division-clinching victory at home, the two-time unanimous American League MVP went 4-for-5 with four RBIs and two runs scored. Ohtani put the Dodgers up 4-1 with a ground-ball single to right before stealing second base in the top of the second inning at Coors Field in Denver. Suzu…

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