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Japanese star Ohtani, who leads the major league home run, suffered a bitter taste of being eliminated in the first round in the All-Star Game Home Run Derby.
This is reporter Bae Jung-hoon.
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Ohtani, who took the overwhelming lead in home runs with 33 home runs in the first half, faced Juan Soto with only 11 home runs in the first round.
An easy victory was expected, but the swing loaded with pressure continued to lead to hitting the ground.
He didn't hit a home run in the first 50 seconds, and after only hitting 5 home runs in 1:40, he gasped for time and called for time.
At this time, Ohtani, who nodded after receiving a cheering call from teammate Superstar Trout, drove the game to overtime with his brute force of hitting 17 home runs in 2 minutes and 20 seconds.
After reaching a tie in the first overtime, they entered the second overtime with three swings to determine the winner. Soto passed all three balls out of the fence, while Ohtani fell to his knees with his first swing to a ground ball.
After Ohtani was eliminated, defending champion Alonso of the New York Mets performed a homerun show.
While swinging and dancing throughout the home run derby, he took the championship for the second time in a row with an overwhelming force that threw all the last six shots out of the fence.