Ohtani raced past the 50-50 milestone in the most spectacular game of his history-making career, becoming the first big league player to hit three homers and steal two bases in a game during a 20-4 rout of the Miami Marlins on Thursday that also secured a playoff spot for the Dodgers.

Shohei Ohtani has officially founded the 50-50 club in a sport in which no player had posted more than 42 home runs and 42 stolen bases in the same season in its century-plus history.  For some players,

Ohtani’s 51st homer — a three-run shot that traveled a projected 440 feet into the upper deck — came in the ninth inning of an eventual 20-4 drubbing, a win that clinched a postseason berth for the Dodgers for the 12th consecutive year.