LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit his 300th career homer on Tuesday night, a leadoff shot against Colorado Rockies pitcher Michael Lorenzen that made him the first Japanese-born player in the majors to reach the milestone.
The Los Angeles Dodgers' two-way superstar blasted a 409-foot line drive to center on a 2-0 pitch for his 20th homer of the season. Center fielder Cole Carrigg could only watch it fly out.
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Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani watches a foul ball go out during the third inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, left, heads to first for a solo home run as Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Michael Lorenzen, center, and catcher Braxton Fulford watch during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, second from left, hits a solo home run as Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Michael Lorenzen, left, and Braxton Fulford watch during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani smiles during the eleventh inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in Los Angeles, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Ohtani is the 170th member of the 300-homer club.
It was Ohtani's 31st career leadoff homer and seventh this season. He also homered in the Dodgers' 8-7 victory in 11 innings on Monday night to highlight a 3-for-4 performance.
Teammate Freddie Freeman bowed as Ohtani made his way back to the dugout.
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Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani watches a foul ball go out during the third inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, left, heads to first for a solo home run as Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Michael Lorenzen, center, and catcher Braxton Fulford watch during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, second from left, hits a solo home run as Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Michael Lorenzen, left, and Braxton Fulford watch during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani smiles during the eleventh inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in Los Angeles, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Alejandro Osuna hit a three-run homer during a five-run eighth inning and the Texas Rangers pulled away for an 8-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night.
Osuna’s first homer of the season followed RBI singles by Ezequiel Duran and Justin Foscue in the six-hit inning off Sam Bachman (1-2). Foscue also hit a pinch-hit home run in the seventh, tying the score 3-3.
Peyton Gray (4-0) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win for the Rangers, who pulled within one-half game of first-place Seattle in the AL West.
The last-place Angels have lost seven consecutive games, tying their longest losing streak of the season.
Rangers starter Jacob deGrom left after throwing 80 pitches in five innings because of an issue with his left hip and leg. DeGrom said he's often felt tightness there between starts, but it usually goes away before he pitches again. This time it remained, preventing him from throwing change-ups, and tightened in the fifth inning. He expects to make his next start.
DeGrom suffered first-inning struggles before settling in, his pattern this season. He allowed a pair of two-out runs in the first on Jorge Soler’s double that one-hopped the left field wall and Josh Lowe’s single to shallow left following a wild pitch.
DeGrom didn’t allow another run, giving up five hits and two walks. In 18 starts this season, deGrom has a 9.50 ERA in the first inning and 2.29 afterward.
Texas tied the score 2-2 in the second on Nicky Lopez’s two-out, opposite-field single to left following two walks by José Soriano, who leads the AL with 51 walks. Soriano didn’t walk another batter and gave up only two hits in six innings.
Rookie Wade Meckler’s RBI single off Chris Martin in the seventh gave Los Angeles a 3-2 lead before Foscue homered off Tayler Saucedo.
The Angels won the first three games against the Rangers this season.
Angels rookie RHP Walbert Ureña (5-7, 3.03 ERA) faces Rangers LHP MacKenzie Gore (5-7, 4.31) in Wednesday’s game.
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Texas Rangers catcher Elias DÌaz fields a throw from the outfield on a scoring double by Los Angeles Angels' Jorge Soler during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher JosÈ Soriano throws to the Texas Rangers during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Texas Rangers starting pitcher Jacob deGrom throws to the Los Angeles Angels during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Los Angeles Angels' Nolan Schanuel runs the bases while scoring on a double by Jorge Soler against the Texas Rangers during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Los Angeles Angels' Josh Lowe watches his ball as he hits an RBI single to score Jorge Soler against the Texas Rangers during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
