Baseball: Shohei Ohtani becomes 2nd Japanese to join 20-homer club in MLB

Shohei Ohtani became the second Japanese major leaguer to hit 20 home runs in a single season when he connected for a solo shot in the Los Angeles Angels' 6-5 defeat to the Seattle Mariners on Saturday.Right after teammate Mike Trout connected on a two-run blast to put the Angels on the scoreboard, Ohtani stepped into the box and hit a homer off Seattle starter Erasmo Ramirez in the first inning at Angel Stadium.Ohtani and Former New York Yankees All-Star outfielder Hideki Matsui are the only Japanese players with 20-plus homers in a season. Matsui did it five times in his career, the last …READ FULL ARTICLE