Shohei Ohtani hit his fifth home run in as many games to help the Los Angeles Dodgers secure a 4-3 walkoff victory over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday, tying a franchise record and moving closer to setting a new mark when the team opens a nine-game road trip Friday in Boston.

Coming out of the All-Star break, all Shohei Ohtani has done is hit dingers. Ohtani tied the Dodgers' franchise record by homering in his fifth straight game on Wednesday afternoon, taking Twins starter Chris Paddack deep for a solo shot in the first inning.

In Wednesday’s game against the Minnesota Twins, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ two-way star Ohtani tied a franchise record, hitting a home run in his fifth consecutive game. With a couple of players on offense struggling like Mookie Betts and Teoscar Hernández, Ohtani has had to pick up the slack, and he’s done so in a big way.

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox will try to keep their seven-game home win streak alive when they face the Los Angeles Dodgers. Boston is 32-20 in home games and 55-49 overall. The Red Sox have a 29-13 record in games when they did not allow a home run.

The Dodgers have racked up 56 wins, but the Houston Astros' completion of a sweep of the Dodgers Sunday highlighted the team's holes.

Clayton Kershaw ended his interview early as he and the Dodgers suffered a three-game series sweep to the Dodgers on Sunday.

Shohei Ohtani matched a franchise record with a homer in the fifth straight game and Freddie Freeman drove in two runs with a two-out single in the ninth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied to beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3.