Shohei Ohtani already locked up an early All-Star spot. Then he went and hit a ball that probably still hasn’t landed.
Playing in Sacramento’s Sutter Health Park, the Dodgers’ two-way superstar launched a three-run shot to right field that traveled 432 feet. That makes it his second-longest home run of the 2026 season, according to Jack Harris of The California Post. The ball came off his bat at 112.3 miles per hour.
The video is pretty ridiculous. The sun was setting, the ball kept carrying, and Ohtani just stood there watching it leave the yard like it was no big deal.
A Minor League Park, a Major League Blast
The Athletics are stuck playing home games in a Triple-A ballpark while they wait for their permanent move to Las Vegas. Sutter Health Park normally belongs to the Sacramento River Cats, the Giants’ affiliate. It’s not exactly built for Ohtani’s power. Didn’t matter.
His homer put the Dodgers up 8-3 in what turned into a laugher. But he wasn’t the only guy swinging a hot bat.
Max Muncy tied the game at 3-3 earlier with a solo shot of his own. He was down 1-2 in the count, fouled off a couple pitches, then crushed a 95 mph fastball to right-center that went 422 feet. Muncy doesn’t get a ton of attention with this stacked lineup, but he keeps showing up.
And Andy Pages joined the party too. He hit a two-run homer to left off an 87 mph slider that went 387 feet, scoring Miguel Rojas ahead of him. That’s three different Dodgers going deep in the same game.
That Dodgers Lineup is Stupid Deep
Los Angeles scored three runs in the fourth and three more in the sixth to take that 8-3 lead through seven innings. The defending World Series champs look like they’re just having fun out there right now.
Ohtani’s 432-foot blast is impressive for anyone, but it’s just Tuesday for him at this point. The guy is on pace to do something wild this year. What that something is exactly, we’ll find out soon enough. But he’s making it look easy in a ballpark that wasn’t even built for a big league club.
Sacramento might not be where the A’s wanted to play this season, but it’s where Ohtani decided to put on a show.
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