Baseball: Two-way Ohtani allows homer, goes deep for 3rd game in row

Shohei Ohtani gave up his first home run of the season before going deep himself for the third straight game Monday, steering the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Twins that snapped their three-game skid.Ohtani surrendered his first extra-base hit in his sixth start since his July 16 return to the mound when Twins leadoff batter Byron Buxton launched a high 0-1 sweeper over the left-center fence at Dodger Stadium in the first inning.Batting second, Ohtani wasted no time in giving himself run support in the home half as the two-way star blasted a two-run shot off a 2-1 cha…READ FULL ARTICLE