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Led by Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers rally to beat Padres 5-2 in first MLB game in South Korea

During Major League Baseball’s first game in South Korea, L.A.’s newest star Shohei Ohtani made his Dodgers debut, hitting an RBI single to top off a four-run eighth-inning rally to help his new club beat the San Diego Padres 5-2 in Wednesday night’s season opener in front of a crowd of 15,952 at the Gocheok Sky Dome.

Ohtani went 2 for 5 with an RBI in his first game since leaving the Los Angeles Angels to sign a whopping $700 million, 10-year contract with the Dodgers. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said after the game: “Just a good night overall for Shohei. The bigger picture it’s significant because you’ve got such a generational talent that is on your ballclub in a big market in Los Angeles. There’s a lot more eyeballs on the Dodgers and on Major League Baseball.”

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