Shohei Ohtani had a little fun with a heckler during Sunday\u2019s 8-2 win over the Padres.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A fan sitting near the Dodgers\u2019 dugout had been giving the star a hard time during the course of the game at Petco Park.<\/p>\n
So when Ohtani hit a ninth-inning solo home run to extend Los Angeles\u2019 lead to six, he made sure to let the fan have it right back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Shohei Ohtani, after hitting a homer, high-fives a Padres fan who was heckling him on Aug. 24. @shotimeLAD<\/p>\n
Before Ohtani went to high-five his teammates, he walked over to where the fan was sitting and high-fived him \u2014 sending the Padres fan shrinking into his seat \u2014 and patted the fan on the back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a fan sitting right by the Dodger dugout that\u2019s been giving Ohtani heck all day,\u201d Dodgers play-by-play broadcaster Joe Davis said. \u201cAfter he homers, he says, \u2018How you like that?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Shohei Ohtani, after hitting a home run, interacts with a Padres fan who was heckling him. @shotimeLAD<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sure it made his day,\u201d Davis continued. \u201cThat\u2019s a story he\u2019ll always be able to tell.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and several of his teammates loved the move by Ohtani to give the fan a bit of a hard time back, with Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez tossing sunflower seeds at Ohtani and Roberts high-fiving him as he walked down the steps.\u00a0<\/p>\n