In a city filled with A-Listers, Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani was the main attraction on Thursday.
In front of Hollywood’s biggest names and one of the city’s biggest sports icons, Ohtani sent a blast into the left field stands during the seventh inning for his second home run of the season in the Dodgers’ 5-4 win over the Tigers.
The slugger worked the count against Detroit right-hander Brenan Hanifee before taking advantage of a 95 mph sinker, sending it the other way for an opposite-field homer.
Among those who were seen celebrating the home run during the first Dodgers’ stateside game of the season were none other than Tom Hanks and Lakers great Magic Johnson, who also owns a piece of the Dodgers.
The ESPN broadcast showed Hanks, who was high-fiving and shaking hands after the long ball.
He also appeared to mouth to someone that he called that home run.
Johnson was also shown grinning from ear to ear over the solo blast and celebrating with those around him.
In addition, actor Rob Lowe was also on hand and enjoyed the Ohtani blast from his seat near home plate.
ESPN showed Lowe leaping to his feet with his mouth agape in astonishment.
Ohtani went 2-for-4 with the home run and a pair of runs scored.
Following the win, Teoscar Hernandez credited Ohtani’s clout in the seventh as a crucial one in the win.
“But I think the most important was the Shohei one, because they scored two after my homer, and Shohei came up clutch and gave us the lead (added to it) in that situation,” he said, according to the Los Angeles Daily News.
The win on Thursday helped extend the Dodgers’ record to 3-0 to start the new season, which started earlier in March in Japan with two victories over the Cubs.
