Shohei Ohtani recorded his 1,000th major league career hit with a two-run homer and struck out a season-high eight over four innings in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 5-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday.The two-way star turned the Dodgers' 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 lead when he launched his 39th home run of the season to center field off Matthew Liberatore at Dodger Stadium.Ohtani joined new Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui as the third Japanese-born player to reach 1,000 hits in the majors. Ichiro had 3,089 hits and Matsui 1,253.At the plate, Ohtani went 1-for-3 with the t…READ FULL ARTICLE
