ANAHEIM – A wild series of events led to Shohei Ohtani, the English two-way star, getting uncomfortably on the board on Sunday night, José Abreu, the first White Sox basketsman, in a match that the Halos would win, 7-4 . by some homers from Jared Walsh, including a three-run shot in the ninth.
But fortunately for Ohtani, who left the game after the play, he was diagnosed with general ailment and is considered day to day. English manager Joe Maddon also explained that Ohtani would leave the match even if the home show had not taken place, as he had already thrown 92 places. Ohtani was in his first start of the year at a limit of 80-90 stands.
“I feel good from now on,” Ohtani said through interpreter Ippei Mizuhara. ‘When the collision took place at home, the impact was quite large. I could not get up immediately. After the time I feel better. ”
With Yoán Moncada at the helm and Ohtani looking to be nearing the end of his outing – Maddon is not pulling his two-way star ahead of reigning AL MVP award winner Abreu, nor is he pulling after Ohtani’s walk to the slugger – but with more one out to end the innings, chaos erupted straight when the right hand apparently escaped from a jam.
Ohtani throws a pitch obtained by catcher Max Stassi, but Moncada then swings for a third strike and scrambles to the first base on the dropped third strike line. Stassi collected the successful ball and tried to hit a throw to the first, but was outside the target so Moncada could reach and Adam Eaton could score.
Then David Fletcher’s throw back to Ohtani, who covered the home side in an attempt to get Abreu on his way to scoring the draw, was also out of target, and the pitcher was forced to stretch on his toes to try (and fails)) to correlate the ball. The timing led to a tight situation for the English, as Abreu accidentally slipped into Ohtani’s ankles and knocked him over completely. In apparent pain, Ohtani got dirty, but he was finally able to walk off the field under his own power.
“I can not really determine where he hit me exactly, but he basically took my legs out,” Ohtani said. ‘I guess it’s somewhere around my calf. When I landed on him, he was a kind of pillow for me. So the impact was not as severe as it seemed. ”
The English came out of the innings without further damage as Steve Cishek replaced Ohtani and caused an attack by Yermín Mercedes.
Maddon was pleased to see that Ohtani was fine after the play, but said he would not be in the series as the DH in the series to the Astros on Monday, having played as DH in all four games of the series. and hit Sunday.
“I think what he did today, and it’s four in a row, and then tonight’s double service, I’ll definitely pass him on tomorrow,” Maddon said. “But I think he could get a pinch hit.”