Baseball: Ohtani belts leadoff homer, pitches Dodgers to win over Padres

Shohei Ohtani dazzled in his return to two-way duties for the Los Angeles Dodgers, blasting a first-pitch home run before tossing five scoreless innings in Wednesday's series-clinching 4-0 win against the San Diego Padres.The Japanese superstar had served solely as a pitcher in his three previous starts following a batting slump during his two-way outings this season.He wasted no time breaking the ice against San Diego starter Randy Vasquez (5-2) at Petco Park, taking the right-hander deep over center field off the opening pitch of the game, a four-seam fastball high in the zone.It was only…READ FULL ARTICLE