Shohei Ohtani climbing another NL offensive leaderboard

Kyle Madson

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There aren't many holes in Shohei Ohtani's game at the plate, and while he went an entire series against the Phillies without an extra-base hit, he's back to form in the Dodgers' series vs. the Tigers. 

After knocking home the game-winning run Friday night with a ground-rule double, Ohtani led off Saturday's game with a triple into the right-field corner. He eventually came home to score on an RBI groundout by Freddie Freeman. 

The triple was Ohtani's fourth of the season, tying him with Marlins centerfielder Jazz Chisholm, Phillies shortstop Edmundo Sosa and Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski. That group is all tied for fourth in the NL in triples. Diamondbacks outfielder Corbin Carroll and Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz are tied for the NL lead with six. 

Ohtani also scored his NL-best 73rd run of the year, which is 10 more than second place. 

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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.