{"id":5327,"date":"2026-07-08T04:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T04:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5327"},"modified":"2026-07-08T04:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T04:06:00","slug":"shohei-ohtani-hits-his-300th-career-homer-a-leadoff-shot-for-dodgers-star-against-the-rockies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5327","title":{"rendered":"Shohei Ohtani hits his 300th career homer, a leadoff shot for Dodgers star against the Rockies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Shohei Ohtani hit his 300th career homer on Tuesday night, a leadoff shot against Colorado Rockies pitcher Michael Lorenzen that made him the first Japanese-born player in the majors to reach the milestone.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5325\">New Durham school board members sworn in, chair and vice-chair named<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers\u2019 two-way superstar blasted a 409-foot line drive to center on a 2-0 pitch for his 20th homer of the season. Center fielder Cole Carrigg could only watch it fly out.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5321\">Ruben Vargas sends Switzerland to the World Cup quarterfinals in shootout win over Colombia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ohtani is the 170th member of the 300-homer club.<\/p>\n<p>It was Ohtani\u2019s 31st career leadoff homer and seventh this season. He also homered in the Dodgers\u2019 8-7 victory in 11 innings on Monday night to highlight a 3-for-4 performance.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5319\">A Cairo coffee house erupts, then goes silent as Egypt\u2019s World Cup run meets Argentina<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Teammate Freddie Freeman bowed as Ohtani made his way back to the dugout.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Shohei Ohtani hit his 300th career homer on Tuesday night, a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shohei Ohtani hits his 300th career homer, a leadoff shot for Dodgers star against the Rockies - 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