
Japanese Baseball | Sac Bunts May 26, 2022
Is the next Shohei Ohtani already in NPB?
by Jason Coskrey
The American League MVP's historic 2021 season has inspired more Japanese players to try walking down their own two-way path.
Is the next Shohei Ohtani already in NPB?
The American League MVP's historic 2021 season has inspired more Japanese players to try walking down their own two-way path.
The Angels star became only the third Japanese player to achieve the mark following former Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui and retired Mariners great Ichiro Suzuki.
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The 27-year-old's next homer will make him the third Japanese-born player to reach 100 career home runs in the majors, after Hideki Matsui and Ichiro Suzuki.
The two-way phenom homered twice, including a grand slam in the seventh inning that was the first of his professional baseball career.
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Ohtani tied the game with a two-run double and then scored the walk-off run on a single by Anthony Rendon.
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"He's the best player in the league," Red Sox pitcher Rich Hill said. "I think that's one thing everybody can pretty much unanimously agree upon."
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Yu Darvish, meanwhile, earned his second win of the season, allowing three runs on eight hits over six innings in the San Diego Padres' 7-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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The 27-year-old Japanese went 3-for-5 with a run-scoring double and two singles as a designated hitter. It was his first three-hit game this season.