Whenever Shohei Ohtani steps onto the mound or into the batter’s box, something amazing that has been lost in most past to modern-day baseball is about to happen.
Monday night proved that aforementioned statement true when the Angels starter was the first starting pitcher since 1964 to reach base five times in a game. Ohtani’s night at the plate also included a towering three-run homer and was just a double shy of hitting for the cycle.
Moreover, Ohtani became the first pitcher in either league to hit a single, triple, home run, and garner a walk in a single game.
All this happening too when the Angels ace didn’t have his best stuff on the mound going seven h innings allowing five runs on four hits with five strikeouts. However, Ohtani helped his cause despite the relatively mediocre start earning his fifth win of the season and stretching his record to 5-1.