(Los Angeles) Shohei Ohtani walked three times in his debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-1 on Thursday at Dodger Stadium.
Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman each homered in the third inning and Tyler Glasnow pitched six innings of work for the Dodgers, allowing two hits.
Ohtani hit a double in his first official at-bat with his new team. He then got a walk, as well as a single.
Freeman had two hits and drove in three runs. Betts was responsible for three points and was on base three times as well.
In his first game with his hometown team, Glasnow (1-0) struck out five batters and allowed just one run on 81 pitches.
Victor Scott II, playing center field and batting eighth, finished zero in three at-bats and stole a base in his major league debut with the Cardinals.