Shohei Ohtani's monster home run gives Dodgers 1-0 lead vs. Giants

Kyle Madson

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One night after notching his first ever hit at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Shohei Ohtani launched his first ever home run out of that ballpark. 

Leading off the top of the fourth inning Tuesday night, Ohtani blasted an 89 MPH hanging slider from Giants starter Keaton Winn an estimated 446 feet onto the concourse in right-center field. 

His monster blast cleared what's known as "triples alley" in San Francisco -- an area of the yard not many players have ever hit home runs. It was an impressive shot from the Dodgers' star and gave him 12 HRs on the season. It also put the Dodgers up 1-0 against their National League West rivals.

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Kyle Madson neither likes writing about himself nor writing in the third person. Nevertheless, he persists. While Kyle has spent most of his writing career covering the NFL’s Tennessee Titans and San Francisco 49ers, he’s never lost the love of baseball that has resided in the deepest recesses of his soul since he began playing T-ball at 4 years old (no matter how hard John Fisher has tried). Aside from writing, Kyle also hosts a radio show, the Insiders, with James Ham on ESPN 1320 in Sacramento. When he’s not being a sports dork, Kyle loves being a normal dork and traveling, visiting museums, diving further into K-Pop fandom (#SKZ) and hanging out with his wife and cats. Don’t follow him on Twitter or Instagram at @KyleAMadson.