TORONTO — Shohei Ohtani adopted his two-way present for the ages with a homer within the Dodgers’ World Sequence opener, however he additionally grounded out with the bases loaded in Los Angeles’ 11-4 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday evening.
With LA trailing 11-2 within the seventh inning, Ohtani hit a hovering two-run shot to proper area off Braydon Fisher. It was his fourth homer in two video games after connecting thrice and putting out 10 as a pitcher in a Sport 4 win to clinch the Dodgers’ NL Championship Sequence.
Ohtani’s homer Friday did not do a lot for Los Angeles’ probabilities after a flop by the Dodgers’ pitchers. Starter Blake Snell was knocked out of the sport earlier than getting an out within the sixth inning, and Toronto then pummeled the bullpen throughout a nine-run sixth highlighted by Addison Barger’s pinch-hit grand slam and Alejandro Kirk’s two-run homer.
Ohtani additionally missed an earlier likelihood to impression the sport along with his two-out, bases-loaded groundout within the second inning. Los Angeles led 1-0 at that time. He completed 1 for 4 with two strikeouts.
Blue Jay followers booed Ohtani loudly throughout pregame introductions. Earlier than signing a $700 million, 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, the two-way star met with Blue Jays officers on Dec. 4, 2023, on the staff’s spring coaching advanced in Dunedin, Florida. Toronto supervisor John Schneider joked Thursday that he wished Ohtani to return a Blue Jays hat and a jacket for his canine, Decoy, that he took after that assembly.
Followers chanted “We do not want you!” at Ohtani whereas he batted within the ninth inning. He walked in that at-bat, then was practically picked off a second later by left-hander Eric Lauer with two outs. Ohtani was dominated protected after a video evaluate.
“Don’t poke the bear,” Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt warned concerning the Ohtani chants.
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani (17) celebrates with Tommy Edman (25) after hitting a two-run residence run towards the Toronto Blue Jays in the course of the seventh inning of Sport 1 of baseball’s World Sequence in Toronto, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. Credit score: AP/Frank Gunn
Toronto third baseman Ernie Clement stated it was all in good enjoyable.
“I could not assist however giggle,” Clement stated. “We have now the fellows now we have, and the fellows now we have have finished a hell of a job. I do not suppose we’d like any extra of what now we have proper now.”
Ohtani helped lead the Dodgers to final 12 months’s title, hitting .310 with 54 homers, 130 RBIs and 59 stolen bases.
Toronto’s George Springer stated everyone heard the mantra.
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani (17) waits within the dugout forward of the highest of the seventh inning of Sport 1 of baseball’s World Sequence towards the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. Credit score: AP/Frank Gunn
“On the finish of the day, Shohei Ohtani is an unbelievable baseball participant. Any staff that he could be on, it might be superior. However he is over there and never right here,” Springer stated. “He is one one of the best baseball gamers ever, and he is received 15 years to go.”
Again to pitching in a restricted position this season as he returned from elbow surgical procedure, he batted .282 with 55 homers, 102 RBIs and 20 steals whereas going 1-1 with a 2.87 ERA in 14 begins, putting out 62 in 47 innings. He is anticipated to begin Sport 3 or 4 on the mound.
