Reporter Liu Yanchi / Comprehensive Report
▲ Otani Shohei completed 502 plays and 162 innings this season, the only one in history. (Photo / flip from Angel Twitter)
There is only one inning left before the game to reach the annual required number of innings pitched. Shohei Otani started the last game of the Japanese 6-season, and he also pitched well for the Angels’ last regular season game this season, becoming the only player in major league history to pitch 162 innings and play 502 at the same time Players on the bench.
In 1 inning, Shohei Otani was out and someone at first base hit the field with a bat, and he hit his 160th hit of the season. The Angels left 2 runs in this half inning.
In the 1st inning, Shohei Otani stepped on the mound and spent 5 strikeouts. Tony Kemp, the first at-bat, was a 5-ball contest, Otani slid a slider into the strike zone Kemp stood Unmoving He was struck out.
The second batter, Sean Murphy, hit the inside corner slider with 2 good and 1 bad, and hit the ball up the middle and out, Otani was just one away from reaching the required number of 162 innings per pitcher. The next hit was Seth Brown, who hit the wall in the 10th inning of the playoffs on the 5th. Otani spent 5 balls to get him to third base. The game is in hand.
Shohei Otani became the only player in major league history to meet the annual pitching and hitting regulations, with 162 innings pitched and 502 at-bats.
