LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani went 4 for 4 with two home runs, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves, 5-1, on Sunday afternoon to sweep the three-game series.
Ohtani launched a hanging curveball from Braves started Max Fried 412 feet over the center field fence for a two-run homer in the first inning. He added a pair of singles in the third and the sixth before leading off the eighth inning with a 464-foot blast off reliever A.J. Minter deep into the left center field bleachers.
It was Ohtani’s first multihomer game with the Dodgers and the 17th of his career. He is now tied with Atlanta’s Marcell Ozuna, the Angels’ Mike Trout and the Orioles’ Gunnar Henderson for the major league lead with 10 home runs this season.
Ohtani’s his 25 extra-base hits are tied for the second-most through the Dodgers’ first 40 games of a season since 1900, according to ESPN Stats and Information research. (Adrián González had 26 for L.A. in 2015.)
Ohtani’s four hits also tied a career high. He’s currently batting .364, tied for the MLB lead with the Phillies’ Alec Bohm.
Teoscar Hernandez added a two-run homer and James Paxton took a shutout into the seventh inning for the Dodgers. Paxton (4-0) finished with 6 2/3 innings pitched, five hits and one run allowed, two walks and three strikeouts to remain unbeaten on the season.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
