Shohei Ohtani's 1st walk-off hit for Dodgers caps eventful week - ESPN

LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani's first walk-off hit for the Los Angeles Dodgers was also his first game-ending hit in the majors in nearly four years.

His still-new teammates and fans who celebrated with him Sunday at Chavez Ravine expect to see many more feats from a superstar who's somehow getting even better in Dodger Blue.

Ohtani pulled a low fastball to right with two outs in the 10th inning, scoring Jason Heyward and ending the Dodgers' 3-2 victory over Cincinnati. Two teammates doused Ohtani with water, while a crowd of 52,656 roared for the latest feat by the $700 million slugger.

«We always say he's the best player in the world, and you see it,» Dodgers outfielder Andy Pages said.

The clutch hit off Alexis Diaz capped an extraordinarily eventful week for Ohtani, who is thriving on the field for Los Angeles amid the potential off-field distraction of his former interpreter being charged with bank and tax fraud after allegedly stealing millions from Ohtani to fund a gambling habit.

«I was looking to just put the ball in play, so I'm glad it worked out well,» Ohtani said through an interpreter. «We dropped the first game of the series, so we really wanted to finish strong.»

The two-time unanimous American League MVP is off to the best start of his major league career while backed by the Dodgers' powerful lineup and pitching staff.

With two hits Sunday, he is batting .393 in May — the third-highest batting average in MLB among hitters with at least 20 at-bats this month — with 6 homers and 14 RBIs while making more hard contact than he ever did in Anaheim and striking out at the lowest rate in his major league career.

Playing only as a designated hitter this season while his pitching arm rests and heals, Ohtani entered