Shohei Ohtani

The New York Yankees and Los Angeles Angels completed their three-game series on Wednesday night in Anaheim, Calif.

The inning started with Josh Donaldson and Gleyber Torres rapping consecutive double to score a run, then two flyballs brought in another, the second courtesy of a sac fly by Aaron Hicks. This ended a terrible month of August for the Yankees. Please consider supporting us with a subscription. RHP Corey Kluber (9-7, 4.21). RHP Clarke Schmidt (5-3, 2.89) vs. RHP Domingo German (2-2, 3.19) vs. LHP Jeffrey Springs (6-4, 2.76). They had four or fewer hits nine times in August and lost all nine games. It was just a bad miss.” Ohtani crushed to dead center for a three-run homer to put the Angels in the lead, and it stayed that way as the Yankees would up losing the game 3-2 and the series two-games-to-one. “It’s just the worst fastball of the night,” Cole said. — Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole was trying to get back in the count after falling behind Shohei Ohtani 2-0 with two on and one down in the Angels sixth Wednesday night at Angel Stadium.

Shohei Ohtani hit his 30th homer of the season to help the Angels rally to a 3-2 win over the New York Yankees on Wednesday at Angel Stadium.

Brought a lot of energy for me and the dugout as well,” Sandoval said. Sandoval got Isiah Kiner-Falefa to hit a grounder to Fletcher, who quickly threw the ball to Luis Rengifo at second for the force out. Sandoval pitched a 1-2-3 first inning, including back-to-back strikeouts of Andrew Benintendi and then Judge, then followed that with a clean second inning. “The home run helped a lot. The Angels did get six hits off of Cole, in addition to the three runs (only two earned). Ohtani is the only player in MLB history to have a 100-strikeout (on the mound) and 30-home run season, which he did in 2021 and was unanimously awarded the American League most valuable player. He got Judge again in the fourth inning with his equally sharp 1-and-2 slider, which Judge foul-tipped into the catcher’s glove for strike three. His flyout was secured in one fluid motion by Hicks, who hopped up to make the catch before it cleared the center-field wall. Ohtani also is the first MLB player to have a season with 10 wins and 30 home runs. Asked of his thoughts on the MVP race with Judge this year, Ohtani said: “Definitely leads to motivation for me to do better, I mean trying to go for that hardware is something I think about. Judge struck out twice, and Ohtani hit a flyout and a popout. “Just missed it on my first at-bat, so I wanted that next opportunity,” Ohtani said in Japanese through interpreter Ippei Mizuhara after the game.

The Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani becomes the first Japan-born MLB player to have back-to-back 30-homer seasons as he hits a go-ahead, three-run homer ...

I want to keep making the adjustments I'll need to stay healthy and be able to play right until the end." He gave up six hits and a walk in seven innings. "By playing to win and doing my best, the numbers come naturally." "Although I'm getting hits, it feels like my swing is still not where it should be," Suzuki said. Both homered twice in the series, Judge's blast Wednesday being his MLB-leading 51st homer. "So far, I've been able to keep getting solid results.

The Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani became the first Japan-born MLB player to have back-to-back 30-homer seasons as he hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in ...

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Shohei Ohtani became the first player in major league history to hit 30 home runs and record 10 pitching wins in the same season.

[Jimmy Herget](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/36093/jimmy-herget) walked Judge and [Giancarlo Stanton](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/30583/giancarlo-stanton) to lead off the ninth but struck out [Josh Donaldson](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/29563/josh-donaldson) and [Gleyber Torres](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/33804/gleyber-torres) before [Oswaldo Cabrera](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/40835/oswaldo-cabrera) grounded out to shortstop [Andrew Velazquez](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/35247/andrew-velazquez) to end the game. [Aaron Hicks](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/31253/aaron-hicks) jumped up at the wall to snag it. The Yankees had only one hit the first four innings before breaking through in the fifth. "Tough one. "I just missed it on my first at-bat. I wasn't trying to give in there either. I mean trying to go for that hardware," Ohtani said through interpreter Ippei Mizuhara of the matchup against Judge. "I was trying to go away. It was the third time in the past four games he went deep. [Patrick Sandoval](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/40975/patrick-sandoval) (5-9) struck out seven and allowed two runs in seven innings to win for the second time in his past three starts. After [David Fletcher](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/35156/david-fletcher)'s infield single in the sixth and [Mike Trout](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/30836/mike-trout) getting aboard when Yankees shortstop [Isiah Kiner-Falefa](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/33572/isiah-kiner-falefa) booted a grounder, Ohtani got all Cole's pitch on a 2-0 count to clear the bases. [Gerrit Cole](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/32081/gerrit-cole) (10-7) in the sixth put the Angels on top after they had been held to two hits the first five innings.

Shohei Ohtani hit his 30th homer of the season to help the Angels rally to a 3-2 win over the New York Yankees on Wednesday at Angel Stadium.

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Ohtani delivered the game-winning hit for the second time in three games when he took Yankees ace Gerrit Cole deep in the sixth inning. The homer was Ohtani's ...

He finished August by hitting safely in six of his last seven games, going 10-for-27 (.370) in that span. The homer was Ohtani's third in his last four contests and his 30th of the year, the second time he's reached that mark in his career. Ohtani delivered the game-winning hit for the second time in three games when he took Yankees ace Gerrit Cole deep in the sixth inning.

ANAHEIM, California (Kyodo) -- The Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani became the first Japan-born MLB player to have back-to-back 30-homer seasons as h.

I want to keep making the adjustments I'll need to stay healthy and be able to play right until the end." He gave up six hits and a walk in seven innings. "By playing to win and doing my best, the numbers come naturally." "Although I'm getting hits, it feels like my swing is still not where it should be," Suzuki said. Both homered twice in the series, Judge's blast Wednesday being his MLB-leading 51st homer. "It was a scoring opportunity, and if I got strikes to hit I was going to go after them, and the result was a good home run," Ohtani said.