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    Watch: Dodgers open game with back-to-back-to-back home runs

    By Adam Gretz,

    2024-09-01

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    Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani (17) runs the bases after hitting a solo home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning at Chase Field.

    The Los Angeles Dodgers have assembled one of the most imposing top-of-the-lineup trios in all of Major League Baseball with Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman leading off for them.

    On Saturday, those three made quite the early impact against the Arizona Diamondbacks when they led off the game by hitting three consecutive home runs, going back-to-back-to-back off Merrill Kelly.

    Here is a look at all three home runs.

    Ohtani started it with a 420-foot home run to straightaway center field for his National League-leading 44th of the season. He is still on track for his first 50 home run season and still has a chance to become baseball's first ever 50-50 player (50 home runs, 50 stolen bases in the same season).

    That was followed by Betts hitting his 14th home run, and then Freeman hitting the furthest of the three with a 437-foot home run deep into right field.

    It is the first time this season that the trio has gone back-to-back-to-back.

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    Mark Maiorana
    09-01
    The Dbacks should give those uniforms back to the Little League team they borrowed them from
    Hemmingway
    09-01
    Ohtani is a freak athlete. He is a true once in a generation player. He pitches and plays the field at the highest level.
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