Ohtani Shohei (29, LA Angels) showed a lack of impact, allowing two home runs in one inning. However, as a hitter, he made up for his sluggish performance on the mound by wielding three hits.
On the 28th (Korean time), Ohtani played as a starting pitcher and third hitter in the 4th game of a 4-game home match against the Oakland Athletics in the 2023 major league held at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, USA.
Ohtani took the mound six days after the Kansas City Royals match on the 22nd. On this day, he only allowed 5 runs with 3 hits, 2 walks and 8 strikeouts in 6 innings.
At the beginning of the game, there was a sense of stability. He made a nine-pitch three-way inning in the first inning. He was perfect twice as well. He struck out back-to-back Jace Peterson-Shay Langelliers and caught Ryan Noda on a fly ball from shortstop. Same for the 3rd time. He had two strikeouts against Aledimis Diaz-Tony Kemp-Tyler Wade.
However, Ohtani was shaken sharply in the fourth inning, leading 5-0. After leading Ruiz on a sand dune, he quickly faced a crisis on third base safely with a steal of second base and a wild throw. Afterwards, Conor Capel’s walk led to a safe 1st and 3rd baseman Brent Rooker’s cutter, and he dedicated a 3-run homer. It was the first home run of the season.
Ohtani continued to shake. He sent the follow-up, Jason Peterson, back to the sand dunes, and he brought second base safely with a wild throw, and even hit Shay Langellius with a two-run four to tie the game. The sweeper thrown at the ball count of 3-1 was driven to the center.
Ohtani was in danger of scoring with 2nd, 1st and 3rd bases, but struck out Ruiz and ended the inning with difficulty.
Ohtani allowed two home runs in one game for the first time in 279 days since the Atlanta Braves expedition on July 23 last year.
Ohtani, who was on the mound in the 6th inning when the team turned 7-5, sent a runner out with a walk after two outs, but Kemp was caught with a foul fly by the third baseman and ended the inning. Ohtani passed the mound to Matt Moore in the top of the seventh inning. Ohtani’s ERA skyrocketed from 0.64 to 1.85.
He was sluggish on the mound, but flew at bat. He exploded from the first at-bat.
He played a long game from 2 out to 8 pitches at the end of the 1st inning, attacked the opponent starter JP Sears’ sweeper and sent the batted ball towards the second base. The pace was slow, and Ohtani produced infield hits. He failed to score as the follow-up hit failed.
In the second at-bat, he pulled out a long hit. In the bottom of the 3rd inning, with 1 out, 1st and 3rd base, he hit Sears’ 93.5 mile four-seam fastball and split left-middle. It was 1 RBI and 2 bases. With 2nd out, 2nd and 3rd base, Renfro’s sacrifice fly and Drury’s 3-run home run gave the Angels a 5-0 lead.
Bottom of the 5th with a score of 5-5. Ohtani came out as the leading hitter and retired with a shortstop grounder. The Angels later scored two runs on Luis Lengipo’s push walk and Gio Ursela’s shortstop grounder to turn the game around 7-5.
In the bottom of the 6th inning, Ohtani hit the first pitch of Domingo Acevedo, who had changed from 2nd out, and made a big hit to the right. In front of the fence, the right fielder couldn’t catch it, and Ohtani advanced to third base. 3 Ruta. Now, if he hits a home run, he completes his second cycling hit in his career. Afterwards, he hit home when Rendon’s timely double hit.
But the Angels allowed a chase. In the beginning of the 8th inning, Diaz allowed 1 run on 1st and 2nd base. After that, he was hit by Perez in a timely manner and was chased by 8-7 by 1 point. The pitcher fork even came out and faced a crisis on second and third base, but thanks to shortstop ground balls and third baseman Rendon’s rain, he kept the lead. 토스카지노
Ohtani entered the final plate in the 8th inning. I met Richard Lovelady at 1st, 1st and 2nd base. He hit the slider of the first pitch and sent the ball into the outfield. It was a ball close to a home run. Unfortunately, he was caught in front of the fence and retreated with a floating ball in center field. Ohtani’s cycling heat challenge ended here. He went 3-for-5 with 1 RBI and 2 runs scored.
The Angels won 8-7 and went on a three-game winning streak. They marked 14 wins and 12 losses.