Major League Baseball Angels Shohei Otani made a full appearance as a designated hitter in the Athletics match on the 4th, but ended up with no hits for the first time in three weeks, and his longest consecutive game hits through Japan and the United States stopped at 18. I was.
Otani is scheduled to start on the 5th and the final game of the season on the 6th Japan time.
On the 4th, Otani started the match against the Athletics in the opponent's home base of Oakland as the 3rd designated hitter, and the first at bat was a packed left fly.
In the second at-bat of the 3rd inning, the changing ball of the first pitch hit the upper arm of the right arm and became a dead ball, and the moment it hit, he squatted down with a loud voice and showed a painful expression.
Although he was worried about the impact on his starting pitching the next day, he smiled after starting first base and raised his right hand to the opposing pitcher to show his concern.
Otani was worried about his condition by rubbing the part he hit and swinging his arms to throw, but he continued to play and in the next at bat in the 6th at bat, he had a chance to hit second base with no outs and a big center fly. did.
In the 4th at bat of the 8th inning, he struck out, and in the 10th inning of the tie, he hit a breaking ball with 2 outs and 1st base and 3rd base. was.
Otani ended up with no hits in 4 at bats and 1 dead ball for the first time in 3 weeks, and his longest consecutive hit streak that had continued since the 14th of last month stopped at 18, and his batting average is 20%, 7 minutes and 3 minutes. .
The Angels lost 1-2 in the 10th overtime, and lost two games in a row with a goodbye loss.
Otani is scheduled to start the game on the 5th, in the final game of the season on the 6th Japan time, with 16 wins and one more inning to reach the regular pitching number, and NHK will watch the game on BS1 at 6. We will broadcast from 4:55 am on Sunday.