Shohei Ohtani aims to help Dodgers salvage split in set vs. Angels

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Shohei Ohtani politely tipped his batting helmet to his former Los Angeles Angels teammates when he came to bat in the bottom of the first inning on Friday night. He walked.

Ohtani later announced his presence more loudly with a 455-foot monster home run well beyond the center field fence in thefifth inning.

But Ohtani and his new club, the Los Angeles Dodgers, can only