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Shohei Ohtani reaches 100 RBIs for the first time without reaching the final beauty home run king with No. 46 lead batter | Full-Count

The final game of this season was 3 at bats, 1 hit, 1 RBI, and 2 RBIs.

■ Angels 7-3 Mariners (4th Japan time, Seattle)

Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani started on the 3rd (4th Japan time) with the Mariners in the final game of the season as “No. 1 Designated Hitter”, and will be the first batter No. 46 solo. Was released. The first batter arch is his fourth. Avoiding 2 avoidance and competition, batting average .257 with 1 hit and 1 RBI in 3 at bats. The team won 7-3.

The bullet liner silenced enemy fans. At the beginning of the first time, I put a sweet cut ball of Anderson on the left arm on the bat. No. 46 solo for the first time in 11 games, jumping into the right middle seat. The first batter bullet is his fourth batter since the match against the Orioles on August 26th (27th). The flight distance is 418 feet (about 127.4 meters), the hitting speed is 112.9 miles (about 181.7 km), and the angle is 20 degrees. In the home run record of the team, he overtook the 45 home runs marked by Mike Trout in 2019 and finished second alone. He was close to one home run in the season’s 47 home runs recorded by Troy Glaus in 2000.

He reached 100 RBIs for the first time in his career in the first shot in 11 games. The 100 RBIs of Japanese players are the second after Hideki Matsui, who recorded four times during the Yankees era. It was the first time in 14 years since 2007 when Hide Matsui scored 103 RBIs. As a pitcher, 130 times 1/3, 156 strikeouts. As a batter, he has recorded 138 hits and 103 points, making it the first major hitter to reach 100 in five categories.

This season, the fourth year, has been fully rotated with the two-sword style of throwing from the opening. He pitched 23 games as a pitcher, 9 wins and 2 losses, and an ERA of 3.18. As a batter, he participated in 155 games with a batting average of .257, 46 home runs, 100 RBIs, and 26 stolen bases. In the league’s home run battle, two of them did not reach the 48 Blue Jays Guerrero Jr. and Royals Perez, the most in both leagues.

Before the match on that day, we held a press conference to summarize this season and said, “It was simply fun to be able to play more matches. I think it was rewarding as a player to be able to contribute to the match so often. So I think it was a really fun year. ” A smile spilled on the bench during the match. It’s been the 4th year of a fulfilling major.

(Full-Count editorial department)

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