Major League Baseball Angels Shohei Otani made a full appearance as a designated hitter against the Blue Jays on the 28th, the day after he participated in a two-way pitcher, and contributed to the team's victory with 3 hits and 2 RBIs, including a No. 28 home run.

In the previous day's game, Otani, who entered the game as a double wield of pitching and batting, scored no runs in seven innings, and scored his 11th win with 109 pitches, the most pitches this season. He started in the match against the Jays as No. 3 and designated hitter.



Otani caught the first pitch in the first at-bat of the first inning and bounced it back toward the center for the first time in two games.



In the second at bat of the 3rd inning, after pulling a changing ball from a two-out and hitting the base with a hit in the right direction, the following Renhifo hit a home run and scored 2 points this inning.



After two hits in a row, in the third at-bat five times, he tried a safety bunt that unexpectedly aimed at the third ball, but it was a catcher's grounder.



And in the 4th at-bat of the 7th inning with a 3-point lead, he hit a two-run home run, the 28th of the season, to the left without missing a ball that entered sweetly in the middle.



The home run is the first in 10 games since the 17th of this month, and it is two more to reach No. 30 for the second consecutive year, which is the first time for a Japanese player in the major leagues.



After this, the 5th at-bat in the 9th inning was a four-ball, and this game was 4 at bats, 3 hits, 2 RBIs, and the batting average was 20%, 6 minutes, 5 minutes.



The Angels won 8-3 and won all three games against the Blue Jays.



On the other hand, pitcher Yusei Kikuchi of the Blue Jays, a senior at Hanamaki Higashi High School in Iwate, pitched as the sixth pitcher in the ninth inning, two outs, with the bases loaded, with a score of 2 to 8. I played a role to cut through without conceding a goal.

Home run shortest 108 meters this season

Ohtani's 28th home run this season was the shortest home run this season, with a hitting speed of 169.1 kilometers and a flight distance of 108.8 meters.



Just before Ohtani's turn at bat, the opponent's left pitcher threw a 150-kilogram two-seam that was thrown back and carried to the left stand.