Shohei Ohtani of the Major League Baseball Angels started in the Rangers game with "No. 2 Pitcher" and became the winning pitcher for the first time in about three years.
On the 26th, Otani went up to the starting mound with "No. 2 Pitcher" against the Rangers in Arlington, Texas.
This is the second time this season that he has participated in simultaneous throwing.
In the first inning, he went to the first at bat as a batter, walked to the second base, and returned to the home with the hit of the fifth batter to score the first goal.
In the mound that went up to the back, he suffered from control and lost 4 points such as being hit by a three-run home run and was reversed.
However, immediately after this, he regained his score as a batter.
In the second inning, chasing 3 points, 2 outs, 1st base and 2nd base, he pulled a high fastball to bring a sharp hit to the light line, and made a timely two-base hit to close the gap by 1 point.
Then, with the next batter's hit, he returned home from second base and tied the score, and the Angels scored three points in the third inning to win.
Pitcher Otani has recovered since the second time.
Effectively using the sharply falling changing ball, he got the right of the winning pitcher without giving additional points up to 5 times, such as striking out 5 people in a row from 3 times over innings.
In the 6th and 4th at-bats, he unexpectedly hit the opponent and decided on a safety bunt for the first ball and the third base line.
As a batter, Otani marked his seventh multiple hits this season, with a batting average of just 30% with 2 hits and 2 RBIs in 3 at bats.
On the other hand, pitcher Otani was replaced without climbing to the back mound in the 6th inning, throwing 75 balls by the 5th inning, 3 hits, and striking out 9 points and 4 runs, which is the most in this season.
In the match, the Angels won 9-4, and Otani won his first victory of the season with the winning pitcher for the first time in about three years since May 2018.