Shohei Ohtani hits first career playoff HR, tying Game 1 in Dodgers-Padres NLDS

Welcome to the MLB playoffs, Shohei Ohtani.

In his second career postseason, the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar hit a two-out, three-run home run to tie the game against the San Diego Padres. Dodger Stadium was lucky, to say the least.

Ohtani was pretty happy too.

Ohtani flied out to left field in his first career postseason at-bat.

That home run was just the boost the Dodgers needed after a nightmarish first inning for Yoshinobu Yamamoto. In his fifth start since returning from a rotator cuff injury in September, Yamamoto allowed three runs in the first inning, two of them on a home run by Manny Machado.

All eyes were on Ohtani as the playoffs began, especially after the $700 million man finished the regular season hitting .628/.667/1.186, six home runs, six doubles, 10 stolen bases, 15 runs batted in and 20 RBI in his last 10 games.

So we see Saturday as a good start for him.