Shohei Ohtani of the Major League Baseball Angels hit one hit against the Red Sox, but the team lost 0-1 and lost 12 games in a row, making it the longest team in a season of losing games.

Otani Excitement with "Oharai" performance before the game

The Angels have had many games in which the pitchers collapsed recently, and in the game against Phillies the day before, they lost 11 consecutive losses and finally lost 1 and the team returned from Philadelphia on the east coast to Los Angeles on the west coast. ..

While the team was surrounded by a dark atmosphere, Otani appeared with a bat in the practice of the pitchers before the match against Red Socks held at the base Angel Stadium on the 6th, and a relief pitcher who was hit by a home run during the losing streak. I rubbed a bat around our bodies.



Closer Iglesias, who hit a tie-breaking home run in the 8th inning the day before, put a bat in his shirt, and finally Otani, who hit three home runs in the Yankees game on the 2nd, hit his bat violently. I rubbed it on my body and the pitchers laughed loudly.



The series of performances seems to be a change in the heavy atmosphere during the losing streak, and while the atmosphere of the team tends to be dark, the humorous behavior that Otani showed brings back a smile to the pitchers and plays a role in the excitement of the team. I was buying it.



After that, Otani played catch and adjusted as a pitcher, and then practiced batting in the cage at the indoor practice field behind the outfield, instead of the usual cage behind the bench on the third base. ..

Otani loses 1 hit team shutout and loses 12 consecutive games for the first time in 34 years

Otani started as the second designated hitter.



In the first at bat of the first inning, I made a hit before the light by hitting the second grab with the liner by matching the bat well to the low change ball from the full count.



After that, No. 3 Trout, who was suffering from poor hits, also got a hit for the first time in 31 at-bats and became 1 out first base and second base, but Otani who started running toward third base for a moment with Walsh's first liner I couldn't go back and my chances were lost in double play.



The Angels got one point in the second inning immediately after, and after the second inning, the Red Sox starting pitcher Waka hit only one hit and was shut out and lost 0 to 1, 12 consecutive losses for the first time in 34 years since 1988. have become.


This is the longest consecutive loss of the team in one season, and the longest consecutive loss across the season is 13 consecutive losses from 1988 to 1999.



Otani had a chance to tie the second at bat in the 4th inning with the first liner and the third at bat in the 6th inning with 2 outs and 2nd base, but he struck out a fastball higher on the out course.



In the 9th inning, the 4th at bat hit the first ball from 2 outs and became the last batter in the second ground ball.