Los Angeles Angels Ohtani Shohei (29)’s counterattack continues. He is also poised to write a new history in the major leagues.

On the 22nd (Korean time), Ohtani started against the Kansas City Royals in the ‘2023 Major League Baseball’ held at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, USA, and had a quality start plus of 7 innings, 2 hits, 2 walks, 11 strikeouts and no runs (pitting less than 3 earned runs in 7 starting innings). ) earned three wins in the season by pitching.

After three days of rest, Ohtani climbed the mound. Ohtani, who started against the Boston Red Sox on the 18th, finished early when the game was suspended twice due to rain. He had 2 innings, 1 hit, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts and 1 run. Ohtani had 31 pitches.

The challenge for three wins in the season was canceled due to bad weather, but Ohtani showed perfect pitching against Kansas City despite the short break.

By adding the results of this day, Ohtani is writing the history of major league pitchers. 스포츠토토

His first earned run average went down to 0.64. He ranked first overall in earned run average among major league pitchers. Seattle Mariners Luis Castillo (0.73) is second, and Chicago Cubs Marcus Stroman (0.75) is third.

His batting average is only 0.092. It’s the lowest in five starts since 1893, when the mound was set at the current distance, according to Elias Sports. The previous record was 0.102 by David Cohn in 1999.

A total of 105 batters faced Ohtani, but only eight hits. This is the lowest number of hits since 1901. In particular, two doubles out of eight. He has a blood slugging percentage of 0.115.

there is another Adding last season, Ohtani had three or fewer hits in nine consecutive games. 5 games this season, including 4 games last season. This is the second longest streak since 1893, behind Jacob de Grom (10 consecutive games) in 2021.

He led the American League in strikeouts with 38.

Ohtani continues to write major league history.