Ohtani is the lone leader in 19 home runs with 185km cannon explosion, and Kim Hye-sung has no hits in three at-bats and even an error in LAD 62 CLE (6th inning)
May 27, 2025
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Ohtani hit his 19th home run of the season in the first of three consecutive away games against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio on the 27th (Korea time).
Ohtani, who started as a designated hitter for the leadoff, hit Cleveland right-hander Gavin Williams with a solo home run in the top of the first inning. He pulled a 96.5-mile four-seam fastball that penetrated the body of the first pitch as it was and stuck it 378 feet over the right fence. Launch angle of 28 degrees, batting speed of 115 miles.
Ohtani, who also hit a solo home run in the top of the first inning against the New York Mets at Queens City Field in New York the previous day, drew an arch for two consecutive days, beating Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees and Kyle Schwarber of the Philadelphia Phillies (18).
Judge is set to play against the Los Angeles Angels earlier in the day, and Schwarber is a day off without a game.
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Ohtani's first home run takes the leadJuss led 2-0 in the top of the second inning with Andy Paz's left-handed hit with one out and second base, and was chased by one run and added two runs to run 4-1 based on a walk by leadoff hitter Ohtani in the top of the fifth inning with a 2-1 lead.
Teoscar Hernandez hit a left-handed hit and Max Muncy hit a sacrifice fly in a one-out, first and second-base chance made by Freddie Freeman's walk after Ohtani and one out.
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 Ohtani walked again with two consecutive right-handed hits by Mookie Betts and Freeman to widen the gap to 6-1.
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Kim Hye-sung, who hit another ground ball to the first base in the sixth inning with one out and one out, got on base with the leadoff runner out and scored a point when subsequent Betts made a timely hit. It is the first time in six days that Kim Hye-sung started against the Arizona Diamondbacks on the 21st.
Kim Hye-sung also made a mistake in defense, causing disappointment. After one out in the bottom of the fourth inning with a 2-1 lead, he failed to catch Kyle Manzardo's training ball and put it back. Manzardo's ball rolled fast at 99.1 miles and bounced in front of Kim Hye-sung, hit by the body, and flowed backward. Kim Hye-sung's second mistake of the season. Fortunately, however, it did not lead to a loss.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
