Shohei Otani of the Major League Angels started the game against the Mariners with a double-handed approach. rice field.



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On the 17th, Otani participated in the match against the Mariners at his home base of Anaheim as the starting pitcher, number 3, and designated hitter, and had a great start, striking out two consecutive strikeouts with a sharp breaking ball.



Behind that, he entered the first at-bat with 1 out and 1st base, caught the first ball, a fastball of over 150 km, and hit a home run, a two-base hit that hit the left fence, and scored the first point.



In pitching, he did not allow repeated hits centered on cut balls and sliders, and in the 4th inning, he showed good fielding by catching a sharp liner that was returned by the pitcher with good response. rice field.



With 107 pitches, he had 3 hits and 1 four-ball, and had 8 strikeouts, just 4 more than 200 strikeouts this season, with an ERA of 2.43.



As a batter, in the 2nd at bat of the 4th inning, he went to the base with a four ball and stepped on the home for the 2nd point. In the game, he had 1 hit and 1 RBI in 2 at bats, and his batting average was 20%, 6 minutes and 6 minutes.



The Angels lost one point in the 8th inning, but won 2-1 and Otani became the winning pitcher, and this season's record is 13 wins and 8 losses.

"I skipped from the beginning and threw"

Ohtani, who was involved in all the points in batting and pitching seven clean innings to get his 13th win, said in a live interview immediately after the game, "The opponent is a great team aiming for the playoffs, so don't score a single point. I skipped from the beginning and threw. I think there were a lot of balls that were difficult to handle, but I was really fired up by getting the outsides,” he said, thanking his teammates who supported him in the back.


He was humble about handling the pitcher liner himself, saying, "Well, I was lucky that I just pulled out a grab and got in."

"Double-digit win Double-digit HR" equals the number of wins when achieving Babe Ruth

In 1918, Ruth pitched for the Red Sox in 20 games, going 13-7 with a 2.22 ERA.



At that time, there was no designated hitter system, so he rested on days other than pitching days and played in the outfield and first. He achieved a ``double-digit win, double-digit home run,'' which was the only player in the major leagues until he completed the season.



On the other hand, Otani has played 140 games as a batter so far this season and has a batting average of 20%, 6 minutes, 6 minutes, 34 home runs, and 89 runs batted in. The home runs and RBIs have already greatly exceeded Ruth's in 1918. increase.



And as a pitcher, he pitched in 25 games with 13 wins and 8 losses and an ERA of 2.43, tying Ruth's two-sword record in wins.



Also, in 1918, Ruth had 40 strikeouts, while Ohtani had 196, nearly five times as many.



In 1918, the regular season was canceled due to the effects of World War I, and the Red Sox played 126 games, which was fewer than the current 162-game system. In terms of two-sword style performance in one season, he equaled the record of "the god of baseball".