Baseball: Ohtani 6th MLB player with consecutive 50 HRs, pitches gem

Shohei Ohtani became the sixth player to hit 50 home runs in two consecutive Major League Baseball seasons Tuesday and pitched five no-hit innings in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 9-6 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies.The two-way star launched a solo shot in the eighth inning off David Robertson, cutting his team's deficit to 6-5, to join Babe Ruth (1920-21, 1927-28), Mark McGwire (1996-99), Sammy Sosa (1998-2001), Ken Griffey Jr. (1997-98) and Alex Rodriguez (2001-02) as one of few players to hit 50 home runs in back-to-back seasons."Reaching that number means there is a greater chance of my te…READ FULL ARTICLE