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Shohei Ohtani hit his 45th home run as he inched closer to a 50-homer, 50-steal season on Friday, when his Los Angeles Dodgers came up short in a 3-1 loss to the Cleveland Guardians. Ohtani, who is now one shy of the career-high 46 homers he hit in 2021, the first of his two MVP seasons, remained on 46 stolen bases after the game at Dodger Stadium. The solo homer accounted for his 100th RBI, equaling his career high, also from 2021. The Guardians broke up a scoreless pitchers’ duel in the top of the sixth, when Brayan Rocchio singled and Andres Gimenez homered off the Dodgers’ Landon Knack (2-…

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