Catch a home run, hit ball, misjudgment, up to Jurusa Ohtani's Unsolved Day

He was caught hitting a home run ball, misjudged the ball → even a base runner..."No hits." Ohtani's hard day

Shohei Ohtani LA Angels, who had been raising his home run pace again by drawing an arch for the past two consecutive games, had the worst day. He not only made a home run but also made a fatal mistake.

Otani started the first game of the 2023 Major League Baseball home game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on the 20th, and started as a designated hitter and recorded no hits and one walk in three at-bats.

Ohtani, who failed to draw an arch in eight consecutive games since he was the first to reach 40 home runs in the Major League Baseball against the Seattle Mariners on the 4th. However, he broke his silence against the Houston Astros on the 14th and raised his home run pace again by hitting cannons in the last two consecutive games. However, the results of the first round of the doubleheader were disappointing.

The good flow of the grand slam the previous day 19th did not continue until the beginning of the game. Otani had a persistent game with Tampa Bay starter Tyler Glasnow to seven pitches in his first at-bat with one out and no runner in the bottom of the first inning when he was trailing 0-2, but he started the game by striking out.

In his second at-bat, he almost hit home runs in three consecutive games, but he did not cross the fence, leaving a disappointing result. Otani faced Glasnow once again in the bottom of the third inning with no outs and a runner on first base, balanced 2-2, and pushed the 93.3-mile about 150.2km slider that was driven into the middle of the strike zone for the fourth pitch.

Otani's ball stretched at a speed of 105.9 miles about 170.4 km and flew 369 feet about 112.5 m. However, he couldn't cross the fence in the end, and he swallowed his disappointment when he was caught by Tampa Bay left fielder Randy Arrozarena.

Otani's bat continued to be silent amid a fierce slugfest. Otani once again hit Glasnow's slider in the bottom of the fourth inning, when he was chased 5-6, and made a 338-foot about 103m big ball, but this time he stepped back with a fly ball.

Ohtani's first on-base hit was his fourth at-bat. Ohtani, who started as the leadoff hitter in the bottom of the seventh inning, struggled to get a straight walk from Tampa Bay's changed pitcher Jake Dijkman. And he settled for second base on a hit by follow-up hitter Brandon Drury. But he made a fatal mistake here.

Otani ran toward the third base as if he judged that Mike Mustakus' batting was a hit. However, Mustakus' ball was caught as a straight hit to center field, and Ohtani failed to return to the second base, causing an ordinary fly ball to lead to a double play.

Otani was silent and even made a fatal mistake, but it did not affect his victory. The Angels knelt down on Tampa Bay despite hitting a grand slam and making triple plays in 166 years since 1857 the previous day 19th, but avenged their defeat the previous day with a 7-6 victory in the first game of the doubleheader.
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