Ohtani’s walk-off homer boosts Dodgers to 8-0 with another comeback win

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani met the moment again, and his latest theatrics have the Los Angeles Dodgers perfect to start the season.

The Japanese superstar hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning on his bobblehead night, lifting the Dodgers over the winless Atlanta Braves 6-5 on Wednesday.

“If I didn’t get a good pitch to hit, I was willing to walk,” Ohtani said through a translator. “Coming into the inning, tied in that last at-bat, it just felt like we really had a good shot to win.”

At 8-0, the Dodgers are off to the best start ever by a defending World Series champion. They’ve trailed in six

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