Shohei Ohtani looked like an underachiever Saturday, producing just one RBI single while his Los Angeles Angels teammates set a franchise record for runs scored in a 25-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
The Angels broke the game at Coors Field open in a 13-run third inning. Mike Trout, Brandon Drury and Matt Thaiss homered on three consecutive pitches to open the third and make it 5-0. Ohtani, who went 1-for-7, singled in a run and scored in the inning.
Ohtani failed to add to his MLB-leading home run total of 25, but did move into a three-way tie for the MLB RBI lead with 60.
The two-way star is scheduled to make his next pitching start Tuesday at Angel Stadium, where he will be going for his seventh win, against the Chicago White Sox.
In London, Seiya Suzuki and the Cubs took their heated rivalry with the St. Louis Cardinals to the venue of the 2012 London Olympics for the first of two games in the British capital.
Before a crowd of 54,662, Suzuki went 0-for-5 but drove in a run in Chicago's 9-1 victory, while Japan's WBC star Lars Nootbaar made a defensive highlight play with a first-inning catch in left field for St. Louis.
"The atmosphere was somewhat unique, but I didn't do anything particularly different," Suzuki said. "Our beating the Cardinals is bigger than where we were playing."