Chi decided he’d watch the game at a karaoke bar instead in the neighboring Koreatown, surrounded by people who looked just like him.
The cheapest tickets available were going for $700. After standout performances against the Nets, Wizards, and Jazz, Linsanity was coming to a head and the late-Kobe Bryant was coming to the Mecca.Įveryone knew it was a big game, even the scalpers. Luis Rengifo hit a one-out triple into the right-field corner and scored two batters later on David Fletcher’s grounder.It’s February 10, 2012, and filmmaker Frank Chi is leaving Washington, DC on a train headed to Madison Square Garden in hopes of scoring tickets to a Friday night New York Knicks game against the Los Angeles Lakers. The Angels extended their lead to 2-0 in the fourth. Ohtani, who also had 13 home runs in June 2021, shares that mark with Albert Pujols (2015) and Tim Salmon (1996). Ohtani has 13 homers this month, which ties the franchise record for June. His homer to right-center off Touki Toussaint in the seventh was his fourth homer in five games, extended the Halos’ advantage to 3-1 and gave Ohtani his third multi-homer game this season. It was the ninth time in his career and fourth time this season he homered while also on the mound. In the first inning, Ohtani drove Michael Kopech’s 95 mph fastball 418 feet into the elevated stands in right-center. Gavin Sheets had an RBI single in the seventh inning. Estevez then struck out Seby Zavala and induced a game-ending double-play grounder from Elvis Andrus.Įloy Jimenez had three hits for the White Sox, who have dropped four of six. Mike Moustakas had two hits and an RBI in his second start since being acquired from Colorado Saturday night.Ĭarlos Estevez picked up his 20th save despite allowing the first four White Sox batters to reach in the ninth and giving up an RBI single to Andrew Vaughn. AL pitchers have not batted regularly since the designated hitter was introduced to the league in 1973. The last AL starting pitcher to hit multiple home runs was Boston’s Sonny Siebert on Sept. On the mound, he allowed one run on four hits and walked two, lowering his ERA to 3.02. Ohtani had half of Los Angeles’ six hits, going 3-for-3 with a walk and raising his batting average to.
He is third in the majors with 127 strikeouts. Ohtani (7-3) struck out at least 10 for the sixth time in 16 starts. It has been done four other times in the majors: by Baltimore’s Milt Pappas (1961), Philadelphia’s Rick Wise (1971), San Francisco’s Madison Bumgarner (2017) and Arizona’s Zack Greinke (2019). That came in the nightcap of a doubleheader against the Angels. The last AL player before Ohtani to hit at least two homers and strike out at least 10 was Cleveland’s Pedro Ramos on July 31, 1963.
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The superstar from Japan struck out 10 in a 6 1/3-inning start that ended because of a cracked fingernail. Ohtani, who leads the majors with 28 home runs, hit solo shots in the first and seventh innings, the first time he has gone deep twice while also pitching. – Shohei Ohtani became the first American League pitcher in nearly 60 years to hit two homers and strike out 10 batters in a game, leading the Los Angeles Angels past the Chicago White Sox 4-2 Tuesday night in his latest extraordinary performance.
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