noon climbs in ready to start this game as the Dodgers try to get the 50 wins here reaching the halfway point of the season game 81 tonight three to nothing win yesterday their eighth shutout win this season otani's ready flexon is ready and off we go from Chicago with Otani taking High ball one didn't have a hit yesterday but he did knock in a run extending his streak to eight consecutive games of the Run batted in which is one shy of tying the Dodger record the last time a Dodger drove in a run in nine consecutive games you got to go back to 1955 the first championship team when Roy Campanella did it on this two- pitch Otani takes strike one couple of fast balls then a lot of respect with the two- count throwing him a breaking ball see what he gets on this 2-1 it is a change that fades in there Lani right now just gathering information against a guy who he has seen more than any of his teammates have these guys playing a lot of their careers in the American League there's a curve that's sent in the air to right field fam to the track to the wall a leaping try but it's gone sh Otani leads off the game with a home [Applause] [Music] run he goes back to make sure he touched first he was all discombobulated he carried the bat all the way around first base said I don't need this anymore I do need to touch the bag and I just hit my 24th home run and he is also tied Roy Campanella nine consecutive games of the Run batted in he supplied most of this power just a slow High curve ball and he is grimacing as he comes out of the box like I didn't just miss it did I yes I got the bat still I'll drop it did I touch first I had the bat my hand I didn't feel the bag oh off the glove of fam Dodgers though strike First otani's National League leading 24th Home Run ninth in his last 14 games seventh during this nine game stre where's knocked in a run you cannot be out for touching first base twice but you can have an appeal play if you missed it and lose your home run so he went back and made sure you get another total base he gets five