Shohei Ohtani of the Major League Baseball Dodgers made a timely two-base hit in his fourth at-bat, his first in an exhibition game.
On the 10th, Otani started as the No. 2 designated hitter in an exhibition game against last season's National League champion team, the Diamondbacks, held in Glendale, Arizona.
In his first at-bat of the 1st inning, he missed a ball high up the middle and struck out, but after that, the Dodgers hit two home runs and the batting line connected, and in the same 1st inning, with a two-out chance to get on first and third base, Otani hit Otani again. The turn at bat has turned to the player.
Otani missed a breaking ball from a three-ball, one-strike and went for a four-ball, and the catcher deflected the ball behind him, giving the Dodgers their seventh point.
In the third at-bat of the fourth inning, with no outs on first base, he pulled the third pitch, a 152km/h fastball, and grounded out to first base, but during this time, Betts, the runner on first base, advanced to second base, and then No. 4 Will Smith. This led to a timely three base hit.
In the 6th inning, he took his fourth turn at bat for the first time in an exhibition game, and hit his first curveball, hitting the right field line for a timely two-base hit.
Otani had 1 hit, 1 RBI, and 1 walk in 3 at-bats in this game.
His batting average in exhibition games is .533, which is good.