Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers hit his 47th home run in a game against the Cubs on the 12th, and with 2 hits in 4 at-bats, 3 RBIs, and 1 stolen base, he reached 47-48. Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs also hit his 20th home run, making it the second time a Japanese player has hit an archer together. Ohtani caught a sweet slider in the first inning and drove it into the right-center field stands. Edman, Smith, and Muncy also hit 4 homers in the first inning alone, turning the game around to 5-2. The Cubs, on the other hand, were trailing at 7-7 at one point with Suzuki’s solo homer, but Edman hit his second two-run homer in the 8th inning, and the game turned into a slugfest with both teams hitting 7 homers in total. Ohtani is 10 homers ahead of Ozuna in the home run race. He also increased his RBIs to 104, taking the lead in the league alone. “Just three more to go until it’s 50-50! Amazing!” “Edman hit two yesterday too!” “Suzuki’s failed steal was a blow.” “Shohei never makes mistakes.” The Dodgers won the game 10-8, bringing their magic number to 11 to win the division.

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