Indeed, he is about to enter the 50-50 club for the first time in the history of the Merger League (MLB) for more than 140 years.
Ohtani started as the No. 1 designated hitter in an away game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona on the 1st (Korea Standard Time).
As soon as the game started, he hit another homerun. He hit 44 homers and 43 steals. Team Korea won 8-6, securing its fourth consecutive win.
Ohtani had one hit and two RBIs in five times at bat on the day, with one hit being his 44th home run this season. The opponent was familiar to KBO league fans.
Merrill Kelly, who played for SK for three seasons from 2015 to 2017. He joined Arizona after the 2018 season.
Kelly was sluggish with 10 hits and six runs (five earned) in 5.1 innings, including a home run hit by Ohtani, the first batter to start the game.
He lost a lot of points in the beginning, but avoided losing the game as Arizona’s batters brought the game to square one in the middle of the game. Merrill Kelly has played in seven games this season and has a 3.98 ERA with four wins (no loss).
Ohtani’s home run came in the first at-bat in the first inning, hitting a 136km/h curve from the opponent’s starter Kelly’s eighth pitch to hit the center fence. The first home run to take the lead was 175km/h, 35 degrees of launch angle, and 128 meters of distance.토토사이트 모음
Ohtani hit home runs in consecutive games following the previous day’s home run, and now he has only six left until his 50th home run.
Ohtani’s 44·43 itself, which has been written so far on the 1st, is a milestone, and it is an unanswered record in MLB history.