LOS ANGELES -- Shohei Ohtani is finally on the board. The two-way star cranked his first home run as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night, a seventh-inning, 430-foot drive to right-center field that provided an insurance run against the rival San Francisco Giants and triggered a standing ovation from a sold-out Dodger Stadium crowd.
Ohtani, signed to a 10-year, $700 million contract in December, was struggling offensively in his early days with the Dodgers. He entered Wednesday -- the final day of the Dodgers' first homestand -- with only a .