Every turn of the greatest baseball player is must-see television. And with a national audience, Shohei Ohtani was no exception Sunday night.
For his third at-bat of the game, Ohtani stepped into the batter’s box to face Kutter Crawford.
Crawford had just given up a home run against Austin Barnes and was looking to get his magic back against Ohtani.
Crawford threw a cutter and lingered in the zone way too long, right in Ohtani’s sweet spot.
Ohtani made perfect contact with the ball, nearly sending it 475 feet out of Dodgers Stadium.
Shohei Ohtani hit a 473-foot home run during the fifth inning of Sunday’s Dodgers game
The long ball to right-center field nearly left Dodger Stadium off the LA star’s bat
The third-longest home run of the Major League Baseball season hit one of the huts on the edge of the stadium, behind the several rows of bleachers in right-center field.
Ohtani had an exit velocity of 116.5 mph on the high ball, while sidelined Freddie Freeman halted his routine due to the distance of the long ball.
It was Ohtani’s 30th home run of the season, the most impressive of which was the ball he hit into orbit at 86 mph, nearly landing in another area.
Crawford remained in the game after giving up two straight home runs, pitching the remainder of the fifth inning.
It was Ohtani’s only goal of the game, but he got his money’s worth.
Jorge Soler hit the longest home run of the season with 475 feet against the Rockies, while Colorado also allowed the second longest home run of the season, also to Ohtani with 475 feet.