Angels' Shohei Ohtani homers for third consecutive game

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Shohei Ohtani is taking quite nicely to life in the major leagues.

For the third consecutive game, the Los Angeles Angels' much-hyped rookie blasting a home run, hitting a solo shot in his first at-bat against the Oakland Athletics in the second inning on Friday.

Ohtani teed off on a 2-0 pitcher from Athletics right-hander Daniel Gossett. The ball landed just to the left of center field in the Angel Stadium rock mountain.

Shohei Ohtani CRUSHED this one. Back-to-back-to-back games with a homer.



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Ohtani hit his first major-league homer on Tuesday night, a three-run shot, against the Cleveland Indians' Josh Tomlin. Then he hit a game-tying two-run homer against Indians ace, and reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, Corey Kluber.

Ohtani later walked with the bases loaded to give him his seventh RBI of this season, and the Angels rallied from a six-run deficit to win 13-9 and improve to 6-2 on the year.

The Angels had an off day Thursday before starting this three-game series against the A's. Ohtani will make his second start on the mound on Sunday against the A's. He beat Oakland in his first major-league start, allowing three runs in six innings with six strikeouts.