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Ohtani Homers on the First Pitch of His Own Start, Drops ERA to 0.73
On May 20 (May 21 JST) against the Padres, Shohei Ohtani hit a first-pitch leadoff home run in a game he himself started, then threw five scoreless innings to earn the win and drop his ERA to 0.73. Japanese netizens treated it as 'video-game numbers,' while parts of the Japanese-language summary scene pivoted into a familiar Japan-vs-Korea proxy argument over reactions in Korean media.