Shohei Ohtani’s 50-50 is just the latest chapter in an extraordinary season for the Los Angeles Dodgers star

It was perhaps fitting that Shohei Ohtani should achieve one of baseball’s most remarkable feats with an out-of-this-world performance.

It was perhaps fitting that Shohei Ohtani should achieve one of baseball’s most remarkable feats with an out-of-this-world performance. In a game that featured a career-high three home runs and 10 RBIs, the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar went where no player has gone before on Thursday, hitting his 50th homer of the season and stealing his 50th base – in fact, racking up his 51st of each stat by the end of the contest. A three-run homer in the top of the seventh against the Miami Marlins got Major League Baseball’s 50-50 club up and running, with Ohtani – who finished the game 6-for-6 – its inaugural member. “It was something that I wanted to get over as quickly as possible,” said the two-time American League MVP having been inching closer to the historic 50-50 mark for several weeks. “It’s something that I’m going to cherish for a very long time.” The 20-4 victory over the Marlins also guaranteed the Dodgers a spot in the playoffs, which will coincidentally be Ohtani’s first appearance in the postseason after missing out in each of his six seasons with the Los Angeles Angels. That will be the latest milestone in what has been – to put it mildly – an eventful few months in the Japanese star’s career.