2023-06-18 21:22:07
KANSAS CITY — Shohei Ohtani was fooled by Zack Greinke’s curveball in the third inning. He wouldn’t fool him a second time.
Faced with another curveball in the fifth inning of Sunday’s game, Ohtani hit a 422-foot shot, reaching 24 feet and increasing his lead in that department in the Major Leagues. The shot, off a 69.7 mph pitch, left his bat with an exit velocity of 117.1 mph, his second home run in as many days. Thus he also extended his hitting streak to 15 games, which is currently the longest in the majors.
And then Mike Trout, who entered the series hitting .111 in June, hit a 408-foot homer once morest the next pitch, his first homer since June 7. It was the third time this season that Ohtani and Trout hit back-to-back home runs. The first was on April 2 once morest the Athletics and the most recent on April 23 once morest the same Royals.
Ohtani has nine homers, six doubles and 20 RBIs this month following hitting four homers in a four-game series once morest Texas. The AL MVP contender, who hit his 150th career home run Saturday to become the fastest Angels in franchise history to reach that mark (637 games), is on pace to hit 52 homers this season. , which would be the maximum of his career.
Trout, who had his first two-hitter game since May 29 on Saturday, went 2 for 3 Sunday with a homer, double, two runs and an RBI.
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