Shohei Ohtani of the Major League Baseball Angels started in the Orioles game with the first pitcher and was replaced with the right of a winning pitcher with 4 goals in the 5th inning, but the relief team was hit and the 9th win was carried over. rice field.

As a pitcher, Otani, who has won seven straight games, started on the 25th with the first pitcher in the match against Orioles in Baltimore, the home of his opponent.



Otani, who pitched in the middle of the 6th against the Orioles who had lost 19 consecutive games so far, caught the fastball of the first ball and allowed the first batter home run, but he was hit by the fastball even after 2 outs, and 2 home runs at a time. I got 2 points first.



After the 2nd inning, the changing ball was decided to be low, and in the 4th inning immediately after the team led 6 to 2, he lost 2 points in the two-run home run, but he was good at splitting and fastball in the high 150km range up to 5 innings. Innings continued to take two strikeouts in a row and gained the right to win the pitcher.



As a batter, the 1st at bat and the 2nd at bat of the 3rd inning are both strikeouts, the 3rd at bat in the 4th inning is the first ground ball, and the 4th at bat in the 6th inning is a strikeout with a high fastball. bottom.



Otani was replaced without climbing to the mound behind it, and as a pitcher, he threw 84 balls and hit 5 hits including 3 home runs, 4 runs, and 7 without a foreball. He stole two strikeouts and was a no-hitter in four at bats as a batter.



The Angels lost 5 points in the 8th inning and were reversed, so they couldn't beat Otani, and this season's record remains 8 wins and 1 loss.



In the match, the Orioles won 10-6 and stopped the losing streak at 19.

Otani “I'm sorry I wanted to hold back a few more times”

Otani was the first major league baseball player to hit three home runs in one game.



All the hit balls were straights of about 150km thrown to the left batter.



Otani, who met after the match, said, "I haven't thrown a ball close to 160 kilometers each time, and I'm not at that stage yet. There were many batters who came aggressively in 1, 2 and 3, and all the hits were home runs. There were many hits that went up at a good angle. "



Regarding getting off the mound with 84 balls in the 5th inning, "I didn't expect it, and I wanted to raise it from there and hold down a few more innings. It's a shame that I've done it. "



Also, when asked if he was out of tune with three strikeouts on this day in batting, he said, "I think it depends on how comfortable I hit. I came while checking each turn at bat throughout the season, but I have about a month left. 1 I want to do it while checking it day by day. "

First pitching at Babe Ruth's birthplace

Baltimore, Maryland, in the eastern United States, was the birthplace of Babe Ruth, the god of baseball, who is often compared by Otani's dual wield, and Otani was the first pitcher in a place related to Ruth. ..



Babe Ruth was born in Baltimore in 1895 and joined the then minor team Orioles in 1914 when she was 19 years old.



That year he transferred to the Red Sox and made his debut in the Major League Baseball.



A bronze statue of Ruth as a local hero is erected on the Orioles home ground, and there is also a museum where Ruth was born in a renovated house about 5 minutes on foot from the stadium. You can see baseball fans visiting.



It was the first time for Otani to throw in Baltimore, and he played with two swords of throwing with great cheers from the fans of the opponent's home base, and got off the mound with the right of the winning pitcher, but the relief team was driven in 9 I didn't win.



Since Ruth achieved it in 1918, he has two wins left, including a double-digit win and a double-digit home run in the same season, which no one has done in the major leagues.



Otani has five more opportunities to start pitching this season on Rotation Street, and he still has plenty of opportunities to line up with the record set by the "God of Baseball" 103 years ago.