Baseball: Ohtani's homer streak ends, Imanaga roughed up
Ohtani went 1-for-4 with a single, a walk and two strikeouts in the Dodgers' 5-2 win over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. His five-game home run streak equals six other players in Dodgers history, most recently Max Muncy in 2019.
In Japan, Ohtani homered in five consecutive games in 2016 for the Nippon Ham Fighters.
Teoscar Hernandez broke open a one-run game with a two-run homer in the eighth inning. Ohtani's 2023 World Baseball Classic teammate Masataka Yoshida, batting fifth in the Red Sox lineup, was also 1-for-4 in the game.
At Rate Field, Imanaga (7-4) gave up seven runs on 12 hits, including three home runs, in three-plus innings in the Cubs' 12-5 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
The White Sox jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning and made it 5-0 in the second against the left-hander.
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