WATCH: Shohei Ohtani's doubtful dash while rounding the bases against White Sox
LA Dodgers' $700 million star Shohei Ohtani is wreaking havoc at the plate lately. In the absence of Mookie Betts, Ohtani led off the Dodgers innings with a moonshot against the Chicago White Sox's Chris Flexen on Tuesday. Following the hit, Ohtani was not sure if it would go all the way.
He was thinking about it while rounding up the bases and when he finally reached home plate to complete the run, he thought he may have missed touching first base. So he went all the way back to first base to make sure the run got counted.
Ohtani's home run put the Dodgers on the board early on. It carried the distance of 369 ft. with an exit velocity of 93.8 mph. The exit velocity numbers show why Ohtani was in doubt whether it will go over the wall. Indeed, it did but it also followed with a hilarious follow back to the first.
Bobby Miller surrendered the lead soon, as he gave up a two-run home run to Andrew Benintendi in the bottom half of the inning.
Shohei Ohtani's nine-game RBI streak ties franchise record
Shohei Ohtani has breached another seal in just a few months for the Dodgers. With Tuesday's homer, Ohtani has pushed his RBI streak to nine games, tying him with Roy Campanella for a Dodgers franchise record.
The feat was accomplished by Campanella in 1955, as well as by Augie Galan in 1944 and Eddie Brown in 1924. Matt Kemp also recorded an RBI in nine consecutive games but during the 2011 and 2012 seasons.
Shohei Ohtani is leading the Dodgers from the front after Mookie Betts went on the 10-day injured list due to a fractured left hand on June 17.
At the time of writing, he is leading a lot of NL batting stats, including batting average (.318), home runs (23), while second in hits (97). He is one of the leading contenders to win NL MVP this season.