Throwing More than 100 Pitches and Hitting a Home Run

Otani started the 2023 Major League Baseball home game against the Chicago White Sox at Anaheim Angel Stadium in California on the 28th and pitched well with four hits, two walks, and one run in 6⅓ innings.

In the at-bat, he also exploded his 27th to 28th multi-home runs of the season with a wedge solo shot in the seventh inning following the first solo shot in the first inning. Otani, who had three hits, two RBIs and one walk in three at-bats, led the Angels to a 4-2 victory with an overwhelming performance in pitching and hitting.

Otani, who earned his seventh win 3 losses of the season as a pitcher and lowered his ERA from 3.13 to 3.02, also raised his batting average from .297 to .34 93 hits in 306 at-bats. He has 28 home runs this season , ranking first overall in the Major League.

The highlight of the game was the seventh inning. Otani kept the mound by throwing 102 pitches until one out in the top of the seventh inning. However, he couldn't throw the ball anymore due to a split in the first and second base crisis with one out, and handed it over to Jacob Webb.

Ohtani, who finished his duties as a pitcher, prepared for his next at-bat in the bottom of the seventh inning. His nails were not in good condition, but he had no problem holding the bat and swinging it. In the seventh inning, when the team was chased 2-1, it pushed the splitter of the two-key throw and sent the ball out of the left-center fence in the absence of a runner with one out. a wedge shot that widened the score to 3- 1.

White Sox third baseman Jake Berger 27, who struck out one against pitcher Ohtani and stepped down with no hits in two at-bats, also expressed awe at Ohtani. "Ottani is a great player and a great pitcher," Berger said after the game , according to Darryl Van Schwen, a reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. "I hope we have a chance to face each other again next year," he said adding, "I threw more than 100 pitches and hit a home run after going down." What he does is unbelievable," he said, expressing surprise.

Otani, who has been playing as a starting pitcher and designated hitter since last year, hit a home run on his starting day for the fifth time this season and the 10th time in his career. The previous nine times were all one-homer games, but it was even more surprising in that they recorded multiple home runs for the first time on this day.

Otani is the sixth major league player to hit two home runs with more than 10 strikeouts as a pitcher since 1900, following Milt Papas in 1961, Pedro Ramos in 1963, Rick Weiss in 1972, Madison Bumgarner in 2017 and Jack Greinke in 2019. All of the previous records were made when the pitcher was at bat. 토토사이트

Bumgarner and Greinke, who recently recorded, also had no designated hitters in the National League. Ramos' record in 1963 was the most recent among American League players, before the designated hitter system was introduced. from 1973. In other words, Otani's record on this day was the first league player to adopt a designated hitter.