Los Angeles Angels Shohei Ohtani has a 7-game hitting streak.
On the 5th (Korean time), Ohtani started as the second designated hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals in the ‘2023 Major League Baseball’ held at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. On the day, he went 3-for-1 with 1 hit and 2 walks. Since the match against Oakland on the 27th of last month, he recorded 7 hits in a row.
The Angels also beat St. Louis 11-7. He ran 4 consecutive wins, and his season record was 18 wins and 14 losses. On the other hand, St. Louis fell into a 6-game losing streak, and their season record was 10-22.
Ohtani in the first at-bat in the first inning. He managed to get on base with a snowball. He calmly picked out four balls thrown by Jack Flaherty. He went to the base, but Ohtani was unable to come home due to a double hit by Hunter Renfro, the follow-up hitter.
In the second at-bat in the third inning, he produced a hit. Ohtani, who started as the lead batter, caught Flaherty’s 91.4 mph cut fastball and connected it with a hit that fell in the middle right. After that, Renfro, Anthony Rendon, and Jake Lam hit the home plate in a row.
With continued attacks, Ohtani caught the bat 3 times again. He walked out in his third at-bat. In the situation of 1 out 1 and 2 base, Ohtani picked up a walk by taking advantage of the pitcher Jake Woodford’s pitch hunting. However, this time, Renfro also hit the third base and was unable to advance further.
In the third at-bat, he was caught as an infield floating ball. With no runners out in the 5th inning, Ohtani attacked changed pitcher Chris Stratton’s 86.1 mph changeup, but was thrown off by a fly ball to third baseman.토토사이트
Ohtani, who was in his fourth at-bat in the 8th inning, was struck out on a swing by the changed pitcher, Jojo Romero.
The Angels lineup also exploded. In the first inning, St. Louis gave the first run, but in the second inning, Matt Ties’ timely hit and Renhipo’s superior three-run led to four runs and turned the game around.
In the 3rd inning, he showed concentration and scored 6 points to achieve a big inning. he ran away He added a run in the 4th inning and increased his momentum. The Angels contributed 3 runs in the 4th inning and 2 runs in the 6th inning to St. Louis, but finished the game without any additional runs.