![]() ![]() That’s how badly fans of the opposing team wanted to see Ohtani make some more history. Trout got a smattering of boos when Ohtani singled into left and he (rightly) stayed put at second base. Ohtani is a modern marvel - so much so that Baltimore fans, a sizable crowd of 20,148, cheered when Mike Trout drew a ninth-inning walk to bring Ohtani to the plate one more time. (It remains unlikely the Angels will move Ohtani at the deadline even if they aren’t in postseason contention in late July.) It’s even more intriguing to imagine how much it would sway this year’s World Series. It’s a tantalizing exercise to think about where Ohtani will end up next season. He now has 11 RBIs in 12 games this month and is 5-1 with a 3.23 ERA in nine starts.Īnd that is why it’s impossible to quantify his future value and absurd to think anything less than a number that starts with a five will win the Ohtani Sweepstakes. He told Nevin it was fine several times during the game, then went out and proved it. Ohtani, who woke up with some neck tightness, kept rolling his head and stretching the area to keep it loose. “I think there was a little anger behind that swing,” Angels manager Phil Nevin said. With an exit velocity of 114.6 mph, it was the second-hardest-hit ball by Ohtani this season and came after the Orioles had plated four runs off him in the first three innings. 144 opponents’ batting average, still picked up his fifth win.)Īnd then there was that fourth-inning homer, an estimated 456-foot moonshot that clanged off the Boog’s BBQ sign in right-center field and tied the Orioles’ Ryan Mountcastle for the longest home run hit at Camden Yards this season. (Ohtani, who entered the game leading baseball with a. He led the Angels on a night when he looked like a mere mortal on the mound, giving up five runs over seven innings. 982 OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage). Ohtani, who won the American League MVP in 2021 and finished second to Aaron Judge last season, scored three times in a four-hit night that raised his average to. ![]() (so, only counts Ohtani HR when pitching) Shohei Ohtani’s 456-ft HR is the 2nd-longest HR hit *AS A PITCHER* tracked by Statcast (2015), behind only Jon Gray’s 467 ft on 7/5/17 at Coors Field 26, 1964, against the Washington Senators. The last guy to do it was the Yankees’ Mel Stottlemyre on Sept. Ohtani, fresh off passing Babe Ruth in his last start (for strikeouts as a pitcher and home runs hit), on Monday became the first player in nearly 60 years to reach base five or more times in a game he started. “I try to treat it like two different things,” Ohtani said, through his interpreter, of his arm and bat, the latter of which was responsible for his fourth multi-hit game this month.Įvery night with Ohtani is a history lesson. ![]()
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