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Time of India
2 hours ago
- Sport
- Time of India
What happened when Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani faced off in New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers World Series rematch
People watching baseball on Friday night at Dodger Stadium were amazed by the amazing home run battle between Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani in the very first inning. Both of these MVPs showed why they are baseball's best hitters, exciting the crowd of 53,276 and making history in the process. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Aaron Judge started the show with a massive solo home run that travelled 446 feet over dead centre and was his 19th home run of the season. The New York Yankees captain's home run made him tie outfielder Kyle Schwarber of the Philadelphia Phillies for third in the major league home run rankings. Shohei Ohtani struck back right away in the bottom part of the inning, hitting a home run in the centre field on the first pitch thrown by Max Fried. Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani make Major League Baseball history with unprecedented achievement The remarkable sequence marked the first time in Major League Baseball history that reigning Most Valuable Player award winners have homered in the first inning of the same game. Previously, Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants and Miguel Tejada of the Oakland Athletics held the distinction as the first reigning Most Valuable Player recipients to homer in the same game on June 30, 2002, though not in the opening frame. Shohei Ohtani hits 2 home runs vs. Aaron Judge & the Yankees 🎯 | ESPN MLB Playfully, Aaron Judge made a joke about Shohei Ohtani, saying he was trying to mimic what Aaron Judge did. The New York Yankees hitter stated that winning and helping the team were much more important to him than personal achievements. Speaking through an interpreter, Shohei Ohtani noted that scoring another run would enable the Los Angeles Dodgers to maintain their momentum. Los Angeles Dodgers complete dramatic comeback victory behind Shohei Ohtani's multi-homer performance Despite the New York Yankees building a 4-1 advantage with additional home runs from Austin Wells and Trent Grisham in the second inning, the Los Angeles Dodgers orchestrated a stunning comeback to secure an 8-5 victory. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Shohei Ohtani delivered the decisive blow with his second home run of the night in the sixth inning, his 22nd of the season and 15th of May, tying him with Pedro Guerrero and Duke Snider for the most home runs in a single month in Los Angeles Dodgers franchise history. The two-way superstar is currently on pace for an unprecedented 63-home run, 32-steal season, which would surpass his own historic 50-50 achievement from the previous campaign. The New York Yankees entered the series with a commanding 35-20 record, leading the American League East division by seven games, while the Los Angeles Dodgers held a 34-22 record with a two-game lead in the National League West division. Where to watch: Fans can catch the remainder of this weekend series between the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers on Fox Sports, with games scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at Dodger Stadium. Also Read: The World Series rematch continues to deliver the star power and excitement that make this rivalry one of baseball's most compelling storylines, setting the stage for what promises to be an unforgettable weekend series between two championship-calibre organisations.
The Mainichi
5 hours ago
- Sport
- The Mainichi
Baseball: Ohtani homers twice, Dodgers win series opener vs. Yankees
LOS ANGELES (Kyodo) -- Shohei Ohtani hit a pair of solo home runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied to beat the New York Yankees 8-5 on Friday in the opening game of their 2024 World Series rematch series. After Aaron Judge hit his 19th homer of the season to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, Ohtani answered with one of his own in the bottom half at Dodger Stadium. Five innings later, Ohtani launched his major league-leading 22nd home run over the head of right fielder Judge to spark the four-run sixth that turned a 5-2 deficit into a 6-5 lead. The reigning National League MVP had his second two-homer game of the season. Ohtani has hit 15 home runs in May. Asked to comment after the game on his and Judge's home runs in the first inning, Ohtani said through interpreter Will Ireton, "It was a really good start to the game. It was back and forth between two really good teams, and I'm glad that we came out at the top." Andy Pages singled in two insurance runs in the seventh. Ohtani finished the night 2-for-5 with the two RBIs. The Yankees hit four home runs in the first three innings but were held scoreless the rest of the way. "I feel like I have a pretty good rhythm with my new lifestyle," Ohtani said when asked if he has some "extra dad strength" after the birth of his first child, a daughter, last month. "But we're still really not even in the middle part of the season, so I'm just really focused on one game at a time." Among other Japanese players, Chicago Cubs designated hitter Seiya Suzuki went 1-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to a career-high-tying 10 games in a 6-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.
Kyodo News
6 hours ago
- Sport
- Kyodo News
Baseball: Ohtani homers twice, Dodgers win series opener vs. Yankees
KYODO NEWS - 11 minutes ago - 16:18 | Sports, All Shohei Ohtani hit a pair of solo home runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied to beat the New York Yankees 8-5 on Friday in the opening game of their 2024 World Series rematch series. After Aaron Judge hit his 19th homer of the season to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, Ohtani answered with one of his own in the bottom half at Dodger Stadium. Five innings later, Ohtani launched his major league-leading 22nd home run over the head of right fielder Judge to spark the four-run sixth that turned a 5-2 deficit into a 6-5 lead. The reigning National League MVP had his second two-homer game of the season. Ohtani has hit 15 home runs in May. Asked to comment after the game on his and Judge's home runs in the first inning, Ohtani said through interpreter Will Ireton, "It was a really good start to the game. It was back and forth between two really good teams, and I'm glad that we came out at the top." Andy Pages singled in two insurance runs in the seventh. Ohtani finished the night 2-for-5 with the two RBIs. The Yankees hit four home runs in the first three innings but were held scoreless the rest of the way. "I feel like I have a pretty good rhythm with my new lifestyle," Ohtani said when asked if he has some "extra dad strength" after the birth of his first child, a daughter, last month. "But we're still really not even in the middle part of the season, so I'm just really focused on one game at a time." Among other Japanese players, Chicago Cubs designated hitter Seiya Suzuki went 1-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to a career-high-tying 10 games in a 6-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. Related coverage: Baseball: Shohei Ohtani hits MLB-leading 20th homer in Dodgers' win
10 hours ago
- Sport
Judge and Ohtani light up the first inning with historic homers in Yankees-Dodgers rematch
LOS ANGELES -- Reigning MVPs Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani blasted historic home runs in the first inning as the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers met Friday night in a rematch of last year's World Series. Judge got the fireworks going with a 446-foot solo shot to dead center on a 1-1 pitch from Tony Gonsolin. The Yankees slugger's 19th homer of the season tied him with Kyle Schwarber and Cal Raleigh for second in the majors. Ohtani matched him in the bottom of the frame with a 417-foot homer to center on the first pitch from Max Fried. It was Ohtani's major league-leading 21st homer and his 14th in May. The Dodgers record for most in any month is 15. It's the first time reigning MVPs homered in the first inning of a game. Barry Bonds of San Francisco and Miguel Tejada of Oakland were the first reigning MVPs to homer in the same game, including the World Series, on June 30, 2002. The Japanese superstar has hit four homers in his last five games, with all four coming on the first or second pitch. The Yankees reclaimed the lead on Austin Wells' homer leading off the second. Trent Grisham added a two-run shot that made it 4-1. Judge grounded out to third in his second at-bat.
Tokyo Reported
10 hours ago
- Business
- Tokyo Reported
Chiba executive suspected of scalping tickets for MLB opening series
TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 54-year-old company president for illegally reselling tickets for Major League Baseball's opening two-game series and other games at Tokyo Dome earlier this year, reports NHK (May 27). According to police, Mamoru Kokubo illegally resold 12 tickets for the opening series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs and exhibition games involving the Yomiuri Giants and Hanshin Tigers in March this year. The tickets have a face value of 430,000 yen but Kokubo, a resident of Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture, collected 7.89 million yen in the resale, police said. Upon his arrest on suspicion of violating the Ticket Resale Prohibition Act, Kokubo admitted to the allegations. 'After buying professional baseball tickets on a resale site several times, I thought I could make some extra cash. I started using the site to resell tickets,' the suspect said. 'I used the money to finance the company I run.' Mamoru Kokubo (X) Non-existent company All told, Kokubo obtained a total of 72 tickets by applying under the names of multiple companies and relatives for corporate slots in the so-called '6-game pack,' which included tickets for the two opening series games and four exhibition games. He put 62 of these tickets up for resale on a resale site, reselling them for up to 2 million yen each, making a profit of 21.8 million yen. At the time, tickets for the opening series between the Dodgers and Cubs were being bought and sold on resale sites for several times the retail price. Some tickets were being sold for anything from several hundred thousand yen to as much as 2 million yen each. According to the official website, the cheapest 'Reserved Seat A' for the '6-game pack' was on sale for 115,500 yen, while the most expensive was the 'Diamond Box' at 679,000 yen. To apply, users entered the company's name, address, name of person in charge, and contact information on the site. However, according to the Metropolitan Police Department, they are not required to submit documents or otherwise verify the existence of the company. Police suspect that Kokubo purchased tickets under the name of a non-existent company. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs played two games at Tokyo Dome in March 'Dark side is expanding' The Ticket Resale Prohibition Act came into effect in June 2019 as people who really wanted tickets had difficulty obtaining them due to unfair high-price resales by businesses and individuals. These scalpers bought up tickets and sold them on resale and auction sites at prices far above the list price. Violators are subject to one-year in prison or a fine of up to 1 million yen, or both. However, this law only applies to cases where the act is carried out 'as a business' with the intention of continuing repeatedly, so the current situation is that crackdowns are not keeping up with the spread of unfair high-price resales on resale sites. Kensaku Fukui is an attorney familiar with the issue of resale of tickets. He tells NHK, 'Online resales are very convenient, but their dark side is also expanding. It is becoming common to see listings at prices several times or even dozens of times the retail price, and ordinary people are no longer able to purchase them at the normal price. There is growing anger against hoarding and high-priced resales.' According to Fukui, resale sites allow listings anonymously. In many cases, they do not respond to requests for disclosure of information about the resellers. 'Many resale sites are structured so that the higher the resale price, the higher the commission they receive, and they are making considerable profits,' Fukui adds. 'They may be held responsible for their complicity in illegal listings. At the very least, they are being held socially responsible.'
