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Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani enters 40-40 club with walk-off grand slam


LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani entered the 40-40 club in grand fashion Friday night, hitting a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning to reach 40 home runs for the season and lift the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.

Ohtani stole his 40th base earlier in the game, reaching on an infield single leading off the fourth inning, then stealing second during Freddie Freeman’s at-bat.

He is the fastest player in major league history to reach the vaunted 40-40 mark: Alfonso Soriano did it in Game 148 for the Washington Nationals in 2006; the Dodgers played their 129th game Friday.

Ohtani is the sixth major leaguer overall to reach the milestone, and the first Dodger.

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