Baseball: Ohtani goes deep again as Yoshida hits 1st MLB homer

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Shohei Ohtani went deep for the second straight game for the Los Angeles Angels on Monday while the Boston Red Sox’s Masataka Yoshida blasted his first MLB home run.

Two-way star Ohtani, batting third as the designated hitter at T-Mobile Park against the Seattle Mariners, broke a 2-2 tie with a two-run homer in the fifth inning during the Angels’ 7-3 win.

The World Baseball Classic MVP in March launched his second homer in two days, sending a 1-1 changeup from George Kirby over the center-field wall.

Boston’s new acquisition Yoshida, meanwhile, homered in the first inning in the Boston Red Sox...

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