Shohei Ohtani rises to the occasion often. On Thursday night, Opening Day for the Dodgers state-side, he launched a towering opposite-field home run that turned out to be the game-winning run in a 5-4 victory over the Tigers.

It's Opening Day in Los Angeles and Shohei Ohtani has already hit a home run on two continents. He hit a solo home run in his return to the Tokyo Dome on March 19 in a Tokyo Series win over the Chicago Cubs. That shot went to right center for his first home run of the 2025 season. Again, that happened on the continent of Asia.

Ohtani is the second Japanese-born player to hit a home run in an MLB game played in Japan, joining Hideki Matsui. Matsui hit a two-run home run for the New York Yankees against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at the Tokyo Dome on March 31, 2004.