Los Angeles Dodgers Shohei Ohtani added a home run and a stolen base a day after achieving his first major league milestone, reaching 52 home runs and 52 steals for the season.
At a home game against the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium on Monday (Korea time), Ohtani had three hits, two RBIs, two runs and one stolen base from four times at bat. The Dodgers won the game 6-4.
On the previous day, Ohtani threw six hits and 10 RBIs from six times at bat against the Miami Marlins, including three homers and two steals, at Rondipo Park, and put the flag on the 50-50 mark. After returning home, however, Ohtani sprinted furiously toward higher ground before the end of the game.
With a batting average of 0.297 (179 hits in 603 times at bat), 52 homers, 122 RBIs, 125 runs, 77 walks, 52 steals, an on-base percentage of 0.378, a slugging percentage of 0.635, an OPS of 1.013, 93 hits, and 383 hits in 151 games of this season, Ohtani has regained the top spot in scoring after hitting long balls and hits. He is still second only to Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees in terms of home runs, RBIs, OPS, and slugging percentage, and is also second to Elly DeLacruz (65) of the Cincinnati Reds in stolen bases.
Notably, Judge, who has 53 home runs, had no hit in three at-bats against the Oakland Athletics on the day, narrowing the gap with Ohtani to one. Now, the direction of the combined home run king of the two leagues is even more unknown.
When Otina took the batter’s box for the first time in the bottom of the first inning, a scene resembling the hero’s return was staged. A total of 49,037 fans at Dodger Stadium stood up and applauded. Dodgers teammates stood in line in front of the dugout on the third base to congratulate Ohtani on his record again, and Colorado players welcomed Ohtani by clapping their hands. Ohtani took off his helmet and lifted it above his head to express gratitude to fans and teammates.
In his first at-bat, Ohtani, who swung and missed by Colorado left-hander Kyle Freeland’s 82.4 mile knuckle curve, had a critical hit after two outs in the third inning when his team was losing 0-1. In the full count, he hit a slider at 87.3 miles on Freeland’s sixth pitch to center-right at 87.6 miles. However, Mookie Betts hit a fly ball to the second base to end the inning.
Ohtani hit a home run in his third at-bat. The Dodgers recovered one run in the bottom of the fifth inning with a solo home run from top left-center field Andy Farggs, and Max Muncy’s double gave them another chance to have two outs and a second base.
When Ohtani entered the batter’s box, he rolled up a 92.1-mile fastball that flew to shoulder-high in Freeland’s sixth pitch, and fired a two-run shot that flew well over the fence in the middle. It was his 52nd arch for this season, which had a firing angle of 27 degrees, a batting speed of 110.1 miles, and a flying distance of 423 feet. When the pitch that he could never hit a home run crossed the fence, Betts in the waiting room burst into laughter.
While Ohtani was running around the base, Dodgers fans stood up in unison and applauded wildly. Those who had to watch the monumental 50-50 achievement on TV were able to soothe their disappointment with a home run that flew by splitting the night sky at Dodger Stadium in half.토토사이트 모음
The Dodgers turned the tables 3-2 with Ohtani’s home run.
Ohtani had an infield hit in the seventh inning when his team was leading 4-3, and managed to steal a base. With one out and runners on second base, Ohtani pulled right-hander Jayden Hill’s changeup of 85.8 miles outside the fourth pitch, making an infield hit to the first baseman. Colorado first baseman Michael Toglia caught the ball well with a diving catch and ran directly to the first base, but Ohtani’s foot was a little faster. Second baseman Tommy Edman went all the way to the third base, one out and runners on the first and third bases.