Major League Baseball Angels' Shohei Ohtani had four hits against the Astros, and if he hit a home run, he would have hit for the cycle, but the team lost and lost three in a row.
Ohtani started as the designated hitter against the Astros in Houston on the 3rd, the day after he entered the game as a pitcher, and entered the No. 2 spot for the second consecutive game.
In the first at-bat of the first inning, he hit a hit in front of center field on the pitcher's return, and in the second at-bat of the third inning, chasing one run, he delivered a fastball to right-center with one out and first base, and while the opponent's defense was struggling, he also went around second base to make a timely base to tie the game.
In the third at-bat of the fifth inning, he was hit by a double play, also with one out, but in the seventh inning, chasing five runs, he hit a timely two-base hit over the left field fence in the fourth at-bat of the one-out first and second bases.
If he hit a home run, he would have hit for the cycle for the second time in four years, and in the fifth at-bat of the ninth inning, he faced the holding pitcher Presley and caught the second fastball, but the hit did not go up and it was a hit in front of Wright.
Ohtani missed one more hit for the cycle in April and May games when he started this season, and although he didn't achieve the feat this time in his third attempt, he went 1-for-1 with two RBIs to get four hits in one game for the second time this season, raising his batting average to 1.1.3.
The Angels lost 2-1, snapping a three-game losing streak to the Astros in the same division, and their winning percentage was 5%.