There is no one in baseball ¡ªmaybe in all of sports ¡ª who puts on a show quite like Shohei Ohtani.
Japan¡¯s No. 1 star proved it again at the World Baseball Classic, international baseball¡¯s biggest stage, to get Samurai Japan¡¯s title defense off to a roaring start.
Ohtani hit a grand slam and an RBI single during a 10-run second inning to power Japan to a 13-0 win over Taiwan in its first game of the 2026 WBC in front of a crowd of 42,314 at Tokyo Dome on Friday night.
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