There is no telling what Shohei Ohtani will do next. 

Whether it's a random regular-season game in June, Game 7 of the World Series, or the World Baseball Classic, it goes without saying that Ohtani will give the fans what they want. 

Friday was no different as he replaced his blue-and-white MLB colors with red and white to represent his country of Japan. 

Team Samurai Japan was set to square off against Chinese Taipei to open up Pool C and was the away team. 

Ohtani stepped up to the plate at the top of the first and made his presence known quickly. He lined a first-pitch fastball to right field for a leadoff double. 

He found himself quickly up at the plate once more at the top of the second, this time, with the bases loaded. 

Ohtani crushed a 2-1 curveball down and away for a grand slam that gave Samurai Japan their first runs of the contest. 

With that grand slam, Ohtani became just the second Japanese player to hit a grand slam in the World Baseball Classic. 

Hayato Sakamoto, the 2019 Central League MVP and 11-time All-Star, was the last to hit a grand slam in the World Baseball Classic in 2013. 

This awakened Samurai Japan's bats as they would bat around, allowing Ohtani to come up once more in the inning.

Ohtani delivered once more, slashing an RBI single past Chinese Taipei's second baseman, Tsung-Che Cheng.

That RBI marked his fifth of the game and secured a 10-spot in the second inning for Samurai Japan. 

In just the second inning, Ohtani found himself 3-3 at the plate and just a triple shy of the cycle. 

There had never been a player who had hit for the cycle in the history of the World Baseball Classic. 

Ohtani got a chance at history at the top of the fourth inning. 

Chinese Taipei pitcher Tzu-Chen Sha was able to get Ohtani to line out to first base on a 1-0 changeup. 

With the mercy rule on the horizon of coming into effect, there was no telling if Ohtani would get another at-bat with Samurai Japan up 13-0 in the seventh. 

Ohtani's next potential shot at history was in the top of the seventh, but he was pinch-hit for by Teruaki Sato.  

That would be the finish line to Ohtani's shot at history. 

When the smoke cleared, Ohtani finished his day at the plate going 3-4 and tallying up five RBI. 

Samurai Japan defeated Chinese Taipei in a seventh-inning mercy rule, 13-0.

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