Live pitching practically resumes once a week, but still expects 57 Ohtani aimed at ML's unified home run king and 55 jersey
May 27, 2025
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On the 27th (Korea time), Ohtani led the Cleveland Guardians to a 7-2 victory with one hit, two walks, three runs and one RBI from three times at bat, including his 19th home run of the season, in the first game of the three consecutive away games at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio.
With this, Ohtani marked a season batting average of 0.295 (62 hits in 210 at-bats), 19 homers, 33 RBIs, 57 runs, 34 walks, an on-base percentage of 0.392, a slugging percentage of 0.648, and an OPS of 1.040.
The two leagues are the only home runs and runs scored. Ohtani, who hit 12 home runs in May, can hit 57 home runs in the season if he maintains his current pace. It is a figure that is possible to become the first integrated home run king of both leagues in his life.
Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees and Kyle Schwarber of the Philadelphia Phillies are tied for second place in home runs. Judge scored one hit and two walks in two at-bats against the Los Angeles Angels without a home run, and Schwarber had a break day without a game.
Applying the pace so far to the end of the season, Judge and Schwarber can hit 55 home runs side by side. In other words, Ohtani will become the first integrated home run king in both leagues.
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Following the game against the New York Mets at Queens City Field in New York the previous day, he showed off his peak power by hitting a leadoff home run in the top of the first inning for two consecutive days.
Ohtani had his first live pitching at City Field the day before. Kim Hye-sung and Dalton Rushing were set up and threw 22 balls and sprayed up to 97 mph fastballs. The return to the mound is after the All-Star break. Despite the rehabilitation period that raises the pitching sense, the bat seems to have become hotter as a batter.
According to manager Dave Roberts, Ohtani decided to pitch live once a week. The next game will be on the 30th, one day before the opening of the three consecutive games against the New York Yankees. The venue is Dodger Stadium. Roberts said, `I think it is appropriate to pitch once a week. There must be a certain sense and feeling of pitching." In fact, it is not unreasonable to say that he has resumed his pitching and hitting jobs.
Ohtani marked 19 homers in his team's 73 games when he hit 54 homers last year. This year, he reached the same number of home runs in his 54th game, 19 games earlier than this.
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Teoscar Hernandez hit a left-handed hit and Max Muncy hit a sacrifice fly in the first and second bases with one out made by Ohtani and Freddie Freeman's walk.
In the sixth inning, Michael Confoto's walk and Kim Hye-sung hit a ground ball to the first base, leaving the front runner out, and Mookie Betts and Freeman hit back-to-back right-handed hits to widen the gap to 6-1 with two outs and runners on the first and second bases.
Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto stopped six innings with three hits, two walks, seven strikeouts, and two runs, winning his sixth win (three losses) of the season. The ERA increased slightly from 1.86 to 1.97.
The Dodgers, which lost two consecutive games, marked 33 wins and 21 losses and maintained their lead in the NL West. The gap between the second-place San Diego Padres (30 wins and 22 losses) is 2.5 games.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
