No surprise here: Ohtani dominates on hill, hits 2-run double

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Published 09.03.2023
No surprise here: Ohtani dominates on hill, hits 2-run double
Shohei Ohtani dominates in Japan’s World Baseball Classic opener

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half-hour in the past

TOKYO — There had been 55,000 individuals contained in the Tokyo Dome on Thursday evening, however each eye, each cellular phone and each ounce of consideration was targeted all on one man: No. 16 for Japan — Shohei Ohtani. A deafening roar was launched when his identify was introduced. It by some means grew louder when he stepped out to the mound, earlier than falling to an almost silent hush as he stared in for his first pitch. Once it was launched, each voice cried out once more.

You’d be forgiven should you didn’t understand it was a ball. 

Facing Team China, who had been outscored, 37-5, within the 4 earlier matchups between the 2 groups, was virtually an unfair task for the celebrity Ohtani. Playing within the World Baseball Classic for the primary time in his profession, Ohtani was predictably dominant in opposition to Team China. In 4 innings, Ohtani struck out 5 and gave up only one it. He hardly regarded to have damaged a sweat whereas doing it. He touched 100 MPH and hit 99-plus MPH six instances.

Most of the Chinese roster performs within the Chinese National Baseball League, which has been paused for the reason that finish of the 2019 season because of COVID-19. They’ve been coaching and scrimmaging on their very own for the final three years. It doesn’t appear honest that their first task within the World Baseball Classic was in opposition to the world’s most exceptional ballplayer. 

At the plate, Ohtani was, effectively, Ohtani. After strolling in his first plate look, the Angels star got here to the dish with two outs and the bases loaded within the backside of the second, and Japan main, 1-0. You might sense your entire crowd virtually prepared him to deposit the baseball roughly 500 toes away into the Tokyo Dome rafters. Instead, he grounded out to shortstop to finish the body. 

Finally, within the backside of the fourth, he broke by. With runners on the corners, Ohtani laced a double to the hole to increase Japan’s result in 3-0.