Shohei Ohtani of the Major League Baseball Angels participated in the Guardians as a starting pitcher and second-designated hitter, throwing five innings and scoring two goals to win his second win of the season.
As a batter, he hit three hits in one game for the first time this season.
Otani, who won his first victory of the season as a pitcher, took 12 strikeouts, which is the highest number in the major leagues, and kept it perfect until the middle of the 6th inning. He started in the Guardians game with the second sword style of pitching for the fourth time this season.
At the start, the fastball and the changing ball did not have the strength and sharpness of their own, and once, the opponent's smasher, José Ramirez, was hit by the first two-run home run.
The Angels hit line caught up with the tie in the first inning, and in the second inning, the lead was widened to 6 to 2 with the first home run of Ward.
Otani gradually returned to the strength of pitching, and after taking a strikeout with a fastball in the latter half of the 150km range from the second base in the 3rd inning, he threw the fastball in the 4th and 5th innings and 3 batters. I kept the lead by holding it down one by one.
Otani changed the pitcher when he had thrown five times, and on that day he threw 86 balls, five hits, one foreball, and four strikeouts, resulting in two runs.
On the other hand, batter Otani hit 2 outs in the 3rd at bat in the 4th inning for 2 consecutive games in front of the center, expanding his chances and connecting to additional points, and then 1 in the 4th at bat in the 6th inning. In the out third base scene, he swung a high ball and hit a timely two base that sharply crossed the head of the light with a liner to score the eighth point and marked the first at bat in six games since the 20th of this month.
In the fifth at bat in the 8th inning, he caught a low-falling ball at the tip of the bat and dropped it in front of the center, hitting three hits in one game for the first time this season.
In addition, the first at bat once and the second at bat twice were grounded, and Otani played an active part with 3 hits and 1 RBI in 5 at bats.
The Angels won 9 to 5 and extended their winning streak to "4", and Otani also pitched two consecutive wins to make it 2 wins and 2 losses this season.
Otani "It is salvation that the team is winning"
Shohei Ohtani, who played an active part as a pitcher with two wins as a pitcher and three hits as a batter in his fourth pitching dual wield appearance this season, said in an interview immediately after the game that the temperature was cold at the first and second times of the start. It was a painful development because my body wasn't moving because of that, but I was thrown with a good rhythm because my allies also scored points. I looked back on the winning star.
Regarding batting, he said, "I think the batter is gradually going in the right direction, and it is a relief that the team is winning. I want to do my best so that I can play an active role and win easily."