Shohei Ohtani of the Major League Baseball Angels made a full appearance in the Astros game as the first designated hitter and hit the first long hit of this season, a two-base hit.
Otani, who has only hit one hit in three games since the start of the season, started as the first designated hitter in the Astros match held at the home base of Angel Stadium on the 10th.
Once, the first turn at bat at the beginning was the sixth ball from the full count, a foul fly to the catcher by swinging a high ball.
The second at-bat, which was greeted in the scene of 1-out first base in the 3rd inning, pulled a fastball with a high in-course to the light, and a sharp hit that the relay camera could not follow crossed the fence with one bounce and became an entitlement to base hit. rice field.
Otani's hit is the first extra-base hit of the season for the first time in two games.
After that, in the 3rd at bat of the 6th inning, he struck out on a fastball higher in the in-course, and in the 4th at bat of the 8th inning, he caught the high fastball of the out course well and shot a sharp hit ball to the left, but it became a liner. It was one hit in four at bats.
In the match, the Angels lost 1 to 4.
The hitting speed of a two-base hit is the fastest
In this game, Otani hit a double-base hit with a hitting speed of 191.6 km, which was a strong hit to renew his fastest.
Otani's sharp two-base hit against the Royals on April 12th last season was his fastest hit with a hitting speed of 191.5km, which is the third fastest hit in the entire Major League Baseball last season. was.
The two-base of this game was the fastest hit of the self to update it by 0.1 km, and it was not the first home run of this season because the angle of the hit ball was not available, but it was a strong hit caught by the core of the bat.
The second Otani goods as early as the fourth race of the season opener
At the Astros match at Angel Stadium, tote bags designed with Otani's photo were distributed to the first 25,000 people who visited the stadium.
At the major league baseball stadium, for security reasons, only small bags or transparent bags with visible contents can be brought in, so the tote bag distributed this time is also transparent, and Otani's photo and MVP characters are printed. I am.
The Angels also had a swinging doll called "Bubble Head" with Otani as a motif in the game on the 8th, and it became the second goods as early as the 4th race of the opening, showing Otani's popularity. increase.