Ohtani started the 2024 Major League St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri on the 19th (Korea time) and scored one hit (one home run) and one RBI and one run from five times at bat.
▲ starting lineup
Dodgers: Shohei Ohtani (designated hitter), Mookie Betts (right fielder), Gavin Lux (second baseman), Teoscar Hernandez (left fielder), Miguel Rojas (third baseman), Kevin Kiermaier (center fielder), Kieke Hernandez (first baseman)-Austin Barnes (catcher)-Nick Ahmed (striker), starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw.
St. Louis: Macy Wynn (striker)-Wilson Contreras (designated hitter)-Tommy Pam (left fielder)-Nolan Arenado (third baseman)-Paul Goldschmidt (first baseman)-Brenden Nordovan (second baseman)-Jordan Walker (right fielder)-Pedro Farz (catcher)-Victor Scott II (middle fielder), starting pitcher Sonny Gray.
Ohtani seems to have displayed only home runs in August. Ohtani’s batting average seemed to have declined noticeably since the beginning of August. He produced only 11 hits until the previous day (April 18), and his monthly batting average was only 0.172. However, Ohtani’s power and speed still remained amid poor batting performance. Of the 11 hits, six were homers, and he also accumulated nine stolen bases, making strides toward 40-40, with 38 home runs and 37 steals until the previous day.
Ohtani only had one hit again on the day, but the hit was his 39th home run of the season. With the current trend, it seems certain that he will achieve 40-40 with only five players in the Major League with the least number of games ever.
Ohtani started the game by striking out Sonny Gray, the starting pitcher of the St. Louis Cardinals, at his first at-bat in the top of the first inning, and remained silent at his second at-bat in the top of the third inning by hitting a fly ball to the third baseman. It was his third at-bat that Ohtani’s bat woke up. Ohtani swung his bat vigorously at the top of the fourth inning when his first pitch of 79.7 miles (128.3 kilometers) was concentrated in the middle of the strike zone with no runners on base. He did not return after the hit went over the right fence.
Ohtani’s powerful pull of the ball extended 113.5 miles (about 182.7 kilometers) like a bullet and led to a home run falling into the right bullpen in St. Louis. It was Ohtani’s 39th home run of this season and two consecutive home runs. With this home run, Ohtani is one step closer to the 40-40 club, and now has created an unprecedented 50-50 pace. Ohtani’s home run pace is 50.5 and his stolen base is 47.9, providing a foothold to challenge the record that no one has ever achieved.토토사이트 추천
However, no additional hits were produced at bat afterward. Ohtani struck out Matthew Liberatore, a St. Louis changed pitcher, after a game of up to nine pitches in his fourth at-bat as a leadoff hitter in the top of the seventh inning, and grounded out to the first base in his last at-bat without a runner with one out in the top of the ninth inning, finishing the game with one hit (one homer) and one RBI and one run from five times at bat. However, he hit the winning homerun, which enabled his team to win 2-1.
Ohtani, who shows what happens when baseball geniuses concentrate on one spot. Despite the deep slump, Ohtani is now able to play at least 40-40 games, as well as 50-50 games.