Los Angeles Angels Shohei Ohtani played an active part in multi-hits, including the season 5 home run.
On the 24th (hereinafter Korean time),메이저놀이터 Ohtani started as a designated hitter in the 2023 Major League Kansas City Royals home match held at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, USA, 3 times, and scored 2 hits in 3 at-bats (1 home run), 2 RBIs and 1 run. was active
After hitting his 4th home run of the season against the New York Yankees on the 19th, Ohtani, who struggled a bit with 1 hit in 4 games, once again drew an arch. Ohtani, who was active as a multi-hit player, raised the batting average of the season from 0.250 to 0.266 and led the team’s ‘winning series’.
Ohtani’s performance stood out from the first episode. In the bottom of the first inning, where the score was trailing 0-1, Ohtani made a sacrifice fly against Kansas City starter Jordan Lyles in the first at-bat with a chance to score on 2nd and 3rd.
Ohtani, who withdrew in the second at-bat, shone once again in the 6th inning. In the third at-bat after Taylor Ward-Mike Trout’s back-to-back home run, Ohtani pumped Lyles’ 5th pitch, 79.8 miles (about 128.4 km) low curve, and hit his fifth home run of the season over the middle fence.
The multi-hit was completed in the second half of the game. In the bottom of the 8th inning, leading 4-3, Ohtani scored a multi-hit game against Josh Taylor, a pitcher who had changed, in his fourth at-bat with no second base. However, Ohtani created a chance for first and third base safely with his hit, but it did not lead to a score without a follow-up hit.
The Angels ended their three-game series with a winning series by defeating Kansas City on the day. The first priority is for Kansas City. Kansas City took the lead from the first inning and succeeded in suppressing the baseline. However, Ohtani balanced the game with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first inning, and the game continued to be tight.
Kansas City scored another run in the sixth inning to lead the game, but the Angels ran away 4-2 with Ward-Trout-Ohtani hitting a back-to-back-to-back home run in the bottom of the sixth. Kansas City produced one more point in the 7th inning and pursued the Angels to the bottom of the chin, but the Angels kept a 1-point lead without allowing an additional run, and won 4-3.
