Shohei Ohtani homered, tripled and singled Saturday but could not prevent his Los Angeles Angels from a 10-5 interleague defeat at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the club's first five-game losing streak this season.
The home run at Dodger Stadium was Ohtani's MLB-leading 32nd, and the triple his MLB-best sixth. He heads into the All-Star break leading both leagues in slugging average and OPS -- on-base percentage plus slugging.
As a pitcher, Ohtani ranks first in MLB in lowest opposing batting average.
The Dodgers clobbered Angels lefty Reid Detmers (2-6) for seven runs in 3-1/3 innings. With the Angels trailing 9-2 in the seventh, Ohtani took Dodgers starter Michael Grove (1-2) deep to right center with a man on. The two-way star drove in a consolation run in the ninth with a sacrifice fly.
In Boston, Masataka Yoshida had his sixth straight multi-hit game and drove in a run for the Boston Red Sox in a 10-3 whipping of countryman Shintaro Fujinami's Oakland Athletics. Fujinami pitched one scoreless inning, and has not allowed a run in his last five outings.
