“I wanted to hit a double if possible.”
Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels played 3 times in an away match against the 2023 Major League Baseball Baltimore Orioles held at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, USA on the 16th (hereinafter Korean time) Played as a hitter and starting pitcher.
It was a game in which joy and sorrow properly intersect in the two-battery. Ohtani played 7 innings as a pitcher, but left a disappointment with 5 runs (5 earned), including 3 home runs. Ohta’s home runs have increased dramatically recently. Starting with the A’s against Oakland on the 28th of last month, he hit eight homers in four consecutive games during that period.
His presence on the mound and at the plate had a different meaning. As a hitter, Ohtani went 4 hits in 5 at-bats (1 home run), 3 RBIs, 3 runs, and 1 walk. A record was also created in this process.
Ohtani got a walk in the first at-bat and then got a hit in the second at-bat. And in the 4th inning, where the score was 4-4, with one company on first and second base, Baltimore starter Grayson Rodriguez attacked the curve and fired a three-run gun that went over the fence in the middle right.
Riding the flow, Ohtani hit a triple in the right field field in the fourth at-bat in the fifth inning, becoming the first pitcher in the major leagues to set a new record of “hit for the cycle.” However, he recorded a ground ball in his fifth at-bat and a single in his sixth at-bat, and unfortunately he could not record that record. However, it was the first time in 59 years since 1964 that a starting pitcher played 5 on-base games.
According to Japan’s ‘Sponichi Annex’, Ohtani said, “The pitcher and the batter are separate. They can be influenced, but I think they are fundamentally separate.” There is. If we fix that part, I think we will be able to suppress hits again.”토토사이트
He left a bit of a disappointment on the mound, but his performance at the plate clearly stood out. He could have been aiming for the ‘first’ hit for the cycle as a starting pitcher, and in particular, based on his performance on 5 bases, he even created a record for the first time in 59 years since 1964. I wonder if Hit for the Cycle was conscious.
Ohtani said, “It was a difficult ball count. I went to the count (0B-2S) of whether it was a ball or a strike. I was thinking of hitting it first rather than hitting a double.” Regarding that, he laughed, saying, “I was happy.
Overall, Ohtani commented that the game was fruitful. He said, “It is an experience no matter what happens. On the contrary, it was good that I hit and widened the score gap.” I think there will be,” he added.