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1 of 5 | Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani clobbered a 450-foot location tally successful nan ninth inning of a triumph complete nan Washington Nationals connected Tuesday successful Washington. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
April 24 (UPI) -- Shohei Ohtani drove his bat done nan onslaught zone, smacking nan tube connected a fastball for nan hardest location tally of his profession successful a Los Angeles Dodgers triumph complete nan Washington Nationals successful Washington.
The 450-foot solo changeable came successful nan ninth inning of nan 4-1 triumph Tuesday astatine Nationals Park. The shot traveled 118.7 mph disconnected his bat, flew 82 feet supra nan section and needed conscionable 4.8 seconds to clear nan fence, according to Statcast.
"It was a top-spin liner that reached nan 2nd deck," Dodgers head Dave Roberts said of nan location run. "There's not excessively galore guys that tin do that.
"We've talked astir controlling nan onslaught zone. When he does that, it's difficult to get him out."
Center fielder Jacob Young plated nan game's first tally connected an RBI bunt azygous successful nan bottommost of nan second, giving nan Nationals a 1-0 lead.
Dodgers outfielder Enrique Hernandez tied nan people pinch an RBI azygous successful nan apical of nan sixth. Pinch hitter James Outman gave nan Dodgers a 2-1 separator pinch an RBI double successful nan apical of nan eighth. Shortstop Miguel Rojas pushed nan lead to 3-1 pinch an RBI azygous 2 at-bats later.
The Nationals sent alleviation pitcher Matt Barnes successful to switch Jacob Barnes to commencement nan apical of nan ninth. Barnes missed nan area pinch an wrong fastball to commencement his speech pinch Ohtani successful his first speech of nan night.
The right-handed pitcher past threw successful an 85.6-mph splitter, which went to nan mediate of nan zone. Ohtani removed his bat from his enarthrosis and obliterated nan transportation to correct section for nan hardest agelong shot of his career.
Ohtani went 1 for 4 pinch an RBI, a tally scored and a locomotion successful nan victory. Rojas and Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman each went 2 for 4 for nan Dodgers.
Dodgers starter James Paxton allowed 5 hits and 1 tally complete 4 2/3 innings, but was not connected nan grounds for a decision.
Ohtani leads MLB pinch 36 hits, 11 doubles, 67 full bases, a .364 batting mean and .677 slugging percentage. He besides collected six location runs and 14 RBIs done his first 25 games this season.
The Dodgers (14-11) will look nan Nationals (10-12) astatine 6:45 p.m. EDT Wednesday successful Washington.
