LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani gave up his first home run of the season when Minnesota’s Byron Buxton took him deep. He promptly answered with a two-run shot of his own.

It started with a bang. Ended with a shrug. And somewhere in between, Shohei Ohtani did something only Shohei Ohtani can do. On a warm Monday night under the lights at Dodger Stadium, Ohtani stepped into the batter’s box in the bottom of the first inning and launched a two-run homer to straightaway center.

Shohei Ohtani is one of the top physical specimens in Major League Baseball right now, but even he cannot match up to basketball center height. A wild photo went viral this week of the Los Angeles ...

Shohei Ohtani was not present for the picture as he nursed an oblique injury he sustained earlier this week. In his absence, L.A. opted to use a body double in place of Ohtani.

Shohei Ohtani hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the bottom of the first after giving up a leadoff homer to fellow All-Star Byron Buxton, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Minnesota Twins 5-2 on Monday night.

Wearing Shohei Ohtani's No. 17 uniform in the Angels' team photo was a body double because the superstar was absent. Image editing should restore Ohtani's face.

Shohei Ohtani, who's now dealing with oblique soreness that kept him out of Monday's game, was unavailable for the team photo, but his No. 17 was still on the field for the proceedings.

Today was Angels photo day. But Shohei Ohtani wasn’t available for it. So they used a body double, and will presumably photoshop him in. He was taken through a back exit by Angels PR.