Baseball: Shohei Ohtani ties home run record, reaches 1,000 career hits

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani tied the record for most home runs by a Japanese player in Major League Baseball and reached 1,000 career hits across Japan and the United States in an 8-7, 11-inning loss to the San Diego Padres on Friday.His first-inning solo shot moved him alongside former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui with 175 MLB home runs. He registered his 1,000th hit on a double to lead off the fifth at Dodger Stadium.Yoshinobu Yamamoto surrendered two early home runs but left the game with a 7-3 lead after five innings thanks to a rampant Dodger lineup that also got h…READ FULL ARTICLE