Shohei Ohtani lobbed for the third straight game and went 3-4 with two RBIs in the Los Angeles Angels’ 4-3 victory over the New York Yankees on Monday after 10 hours of play.
The two-way star increased his major league-high home run count to 35 with a two-shot to the center that tied the game 3-3 in the seventh inning. Michael Stefanic hit a single to left field, scoring Chad Wallach from second base.
Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels hits a two-run home run in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California on July 17, 2023. (Essonne Info) == Essonne Info
Ohtani hit a 1-2 fastball from Michael King and hit the bat well as he started to round the bases at Angel Stadium. The Japanese player isn’t used to celebrating in such a zealous way, and it prompted a reaction from Angels manager Phil Nevin.
“That’s the biggest emotion I’ve seen from him,” Nevin said. ” It was impressive. We know what he means to us, to the whole league and to all of baseball in the world. When they (the superstars) step forward in times like that and something like that happens…it’s huge.”
Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani screams after throwing a two-shot homer, his 35th homer of the season, during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Calif., on July 17, 2023. (Essonne Info) ==Essonne Info
At the center of trade rumors ahead of the August 1 deadline, Ohtani, who will become a free agent at the end of this season, hit a home run in three straight games for the first time since doing so. twice in June 2021, the year he was voted the American League’s Most Valuable Player.
He struck 46 times that year and 34 times last season.
In his first two catches of the match, Ohtani hit a single and a double.
A New York Yankees fan (C) holds up a large cutout of Shohei Ohtani wearing a Yankees cap during a game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Yankees on July 17, 2023 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California. (Essonne News)
2023-07-18 07:44:29
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