Dodgers News: Shohei Ohtani Wins NL Player of the Week Award
Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani was named the National League’s Player of the Week on Monday.
Is this even a surprise?
Ohtani had arguably one of the best weeks in Major League Baseball history as he founded the 50-50 club on Thursday night in Miami.
Ohtani had a game that most dream about, going 6-for-6 with three home runs, two doubles, two stolen bases, and 10 runs batted in.
In his last seven games, the superstar is 16-for-32 with six home runs, seven stolen bases, 11 runs scored, and 17 RBIs.
On Sunday afternoon, Ohtani capped off his massive week by going 4-for-4 with a home run and two stolen bases. His home run came in the bottom of the ninth and tied the game setting up Mookie Betts for a walk-off home run. The Dodgers came from behind to down to the Colorado Rockies 6-5.
“It was huge – especially when you’re looking at the scoreboard and you see San Diego won,” Betts said. “I didn’t mean to look at it, but they won and we needed to win a game there. Shohei starts it off with a homer there to give us some energy and fortunately, I was able to put a good swing on it.
“It’s really hard (not to look at the scoreboard), man. It’s really hard because you have to take care of the task at hand, but sometimes you have a wandering eye and check to see what’s going on. It’s really hard and you try to take care of what you can control and that’s playing right now.”
As for Ohtani, he now leads the National League with 53 home runs – five in his past four games – and has 55 stolen bases.
“He just doesn’t seem human right now,” manager Dave Roberts said.
“He’s on a mission. You see it. He’s just continuing to fight, continuing to stay hungry. He wants to win. You can see it. He comes in every day prepared. The jumps that he’s getting to steal bases, to get hits – I think he wants to hit .300 (for the season). You saw his first couple at-bats where he’s taking hits the other way. So to be able to hit .300, hit 50-something homers with 120-something ribbies and steal a bunch of bases – I haven’t spent a whole lot of time with him but it’s hard to imagine him being this focused ever before for this stretch of time.”
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