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Another career milestone was hit Tuesday night for Shohei Ohtani.
In his first at-bat against the Colorado Rockies, Ohtani sent Michael Lorenzen's 2-0 sinker 409 feet to center field for not only his 20th home run of the season (129th all-time as a Dodger) but the 300th home run of his MLB career.
That home run — paired with yet another quality outing on the mound from southpaw Justin Wrobleski — was not enough to earn a win as a sloppy eighth inning of defense helped the Rockies earn the 4-3 win over the Dodgers.
For Ohtani, he becomes the first Japanese-born player to reach the 300 career home run mark and the 170th member in MLB to join the exclusive club.
He also became the fifth fastest player in baseball history to reach the 300-home-run mark, doing it in 1,102 games. He was behind Aaron Judge, Ralph Kiner, Ryan Howard. and Juan Gonzalez.
Jul 7, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) flies out during the third inning against the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium. -- © Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images
To put this achievement into perspective in the eyes of the few two-way players that have graced baseball, Ohtani has the most pitching strikeouts amongst players who have 300 or more home runs.
Ohtani has struck out 756 career batters. The second player on the list was a man by the name of Babe Ruth, who struck out 501 on 714 long balls.
On the pitching side, could've-been All-Star Justin Wrobleski delivered another quality outing in what has been an amazing first half of baseball for the 25-year-old.
Jul 7, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Justin Wrobleski (70) throws during the first inning against the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium. -- © Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images
In seven innings against the Rockies, Wrobleski allowed just one run on six hits and struck out nine. This is the third time in 15 starts that "The Shark" has struck out nine or more batters.
"I think we're doing a good job with the plan," Wrobleski said to the media on his outing via SportsNetLA. "I feel like I am continuing to get better at kind of knowing where to go with two strikes."
It looked like a replay of Monday's series opener with the bullpen coughing up the lead. At the top of the eighth, being down 3-1, the Rockies received some help by way of defensive mishaps from the Dodgers.
A misplayed double-play attempt and an errant throw from Miguel Rojas allowed Colorado to trudge back from a two-run deficit and take the lead over Los Angeles, 4-3.
"Physical errors happen and I am okay with that. I am not perfect, I am going to make errors," Rojas said to the media via SportsNetLA. "But mental errors are the ones that are disappointing. I should've been on third base and I shouldn't be putting Alex Freeland in that situation of throwing the ball with me on the wrong there."
That was the first multi-error inning for the Dodgers all season and just the second game this season in which they gave up two or more errors.
With the uncharacteristic loss, the Rockies push the series to a Wednesday rubber match in which Roki Sasaki will get the start.
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In his first at-bat against the Colorado Rockies, Ohtani sent Michael Lorenzen's 2-0 sinker 409 feet to center field for not only his 20th home run of the season (129th all-time as a Dodger) but the 300th home run of his MLB career.
That home run — paired with yet another quality outing on the mound from southpaw Justin Wrobleski — was not enough to earn a win as a sloppy eighth inning of defense helped the Rockies earn the 4-3 win over the Dodgers.
For Ohtani, he becomes the first Japanese-born player to reach the 300 career home run mark and the 170th member in MLB to join the exclusive club.
He also became the fifth fastest player in baseball history to reach the 300-home-run mark, doing it in 1,102 games. He was behind Aaron Judge, Ralph Kiner, Ryan Howard. and Juan Gonzalez.
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Jul 7, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) flies out during the third inning against the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium. -- © Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images
To put this achievement into perspective in the eyes of the few two-way players that have graced baseball, Ohtani has the most pitching strikeouts amongst players who have 300 or more home runs.
Ohtani has struck out 756 career batters. The second player on the list was a man by the name of Babe Ruth, who struck out 501 on 714 long balls.
On the pitching side, could've-been All-Star Justin Wrobleski delivered another quality outing in what has been an amazing first half of baseball for the 25-year-old.
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Jul 7, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Justin Wrobleski (70) throws during the first inning against the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium. -- © Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images
In seven innings against the Rockies, Wrobleski allowed just one run on six hits and struck out nine. This is the third time in 15 starts that "The Shark" has struck out nine or more batters.
"I think we're doing a good job with the plan," Wrobleski said to the media on his outing via SportsNetLA. "I feel like I am continuing to get better at kind of knowing where to go with two strikes."
It looked like a replay of Monday's series opener with the bullpen coughing up the lead. At the top of the eighth, being down 3-1, the Rockies received some help by way of defensive mishaps from the Dodgers.
A misplayed double-play attempt and an errant throw from Miguel Rojas allowed Colorado to trudge back from a two-run deficit and take the lead over Los Angeles, 4-3.
"Physical errors happen and I am okay with that. I am not perfect, I am going to make errors," Rojas said to the media via SportsNetLA. "But mental errors are the ones that are disappointing. I should've been on third base and I shouldn't be putting Alex Freeland in that situation of throwing the ball with me on the wrong there."
That was the first multi-error inning for the Dodgers all season and just the second game this season in which they gave up two or more errors.
With the uncharacteristic loss, the Rockies push the series to a Wednesday rubber match in which Roki Sasaki will get the start.
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