CLEVELAND – For the second straight day, Shohei Ohtani led off the game with a home run, and on Monday he did it on the first pitch he saw. Ohtani turned around a 96.5 mph fastball from Guardians starter Gavin Williams, sending it into the right-field stands at 115 mph.

It was Ohtani's 19th homer of the season, passing Aaron Judge and Kyle Schwarber for the MLB lead.

On Sunday at Citi Field, Ohtani hit a leadoff homer off Kodai Senga, a few hours after facing hitters on the mound for the first time as a pitcher since joining the Dodgers in a huge step forward for the two-way superstar.

On Monday, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts confirmed that Ohtani had finished that session unscathed.

“He came out feeling good,” Roberts said pregame Monday with a smile.

Ohtani threw 22 pitches acros

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