Los Angeles Angels two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani blasted his 30th home run, making him the first Japanese MLB player with 15 in a single month, in Friday's 6-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

With the Angels trailing 5-0, Ohtani led off the sixth inning at Angel Stadium with a 493-foot (150-meter) home run, the longest hit in MLB this season, according to MLB.com. Ohtani has now hit 30 or more homers in each of the past three seasons.

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels hits his 30th homer of the season during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on June 30, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ohtani went 1-for-2 with two walks. He walked and scored the Angels' other run.

The Boston Red Sox's Masataka Yoshida hit his ninth home run in a 5-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. He went 3-for-4 with one RBI as Boston snapped a five-game losing streak.

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