LOS ANGELES -- Shohei Ohtani was pleased with the quality of his at-bats and "grateful" for the warm reception he received from the sold-out Dodger Stadium crowd on Opening Day -- but he came away from it all with one regret.
"I was the only guy who couldn't hit a homer," Ohtani, speaking through an interpreter, said with a slight chuckle after the Los Angeles Dodgers breezed to a 7-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday afternoon.
Ohtani was referring to the superstar trio atop the Dodgers' lineup, of which he is at the center.