Shohei Ohtani connects on 150th home run of pro career

Anaheim, California – Shohei Ohtani launched the one hundred and fiftieth house run of his mixed main league and Japanese skilled baseball profession within the Los Angeles Angels’ 4-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.

The 2-way famous person led off the primary inning with a excessive fly ball off lefty Cole Irvin (2-2) that soared 135 meters over heart subject at Angel Stadium.

Ohtani completed 2-for-5, whereas Mike Trout added a solo shot on a 3-for-4, two-RBI night time, to assist Angels starter Patrick Sandoval (3-1) get the win.

The southpaw struck out seven and allowed 4 hits over 7-1/3 innings for the Angels, who gained the ultimate two video games of the sequence following a four-game skid.

Ohtani’s lengthy bomb was his ninth of the yr and 102nd since his 2018 Main League Baseball debut, including to the 48 he hit in Nippon Skilled Baseball as a member of the Pacific League’s Nippon Ham Fighters.

He turned simply the third Japanese participant, after Hideki Matsui and Ichiro Suzuki, to hit 100 MLB house runs, reaching the milestone towards the A’s on Might 14.

Elsewhere within the majors, Yoshitomo Tsutsugo belted a ninth-inning solo house run for the Pittsburgh Pirates, who took their third straight loss 18-4 towards the St. Louis Cardinals.

Yusei Kikuchi (2-1) made his eighth begin for the Toronto Blue Jays, getting no outcome as his staff fell 3-2 to the Cincinnati Reds. The previous Seibu Lions ace struck out seven, whereas permitting two runs on two hits and three walks over 4-1/3 innings.

Seiya Suzuki went 1-for-4 for the Chicago Cubs, who stopped a four-game skid by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-4.