Shohei Ohtani hits 3-run homer for National League in 5-3 All-Star Game los

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Shohei Ohtani hits 3-run homer for National League in 5-3 All-Star Game los

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Shohei Ohtani added another first to his unique resume: first player to get a win and hit a home run in All-Star play. I havent really hit well during the All-Star Game, so Im just relieved that I put a good ball in play, Ohtani said through a translator after putting the National League ahead with a in Tuesday night's 5-3 lo s to the American. Ohtani had been 1 for 4 with a pair of walks and a strikeout in three previous All-Star Games. The first , he Ohtani walked in the first inning against Baltimore's Corbin Burnes, then came to the plate in the third after Jurickson Profar singled leading off and Ketel Marte reached on a 109.5 mph hit that deflected off second baseman Marcus Semien. Tanner Houck fell behind 2-0 in the count and Ohtani drove a splitter over the middle of the plate 400 feet, a half-dozen rows into the right-field seats for Erik Miller Jersey his first All-Star home run. I was really just focused on having a regular at-bat as if I was in the regular season," Ohtani said. He is 1 for 5 with three walks against Houck, hitting an RBI single while pitching the Los Angeles Angels to an 8-0 win at Boston on May 5, 2022. A splitter, just down, middle, Houck said of the All-Star homer. Get it away a little bit more, maybe a little bit better pitch. Ohtani is hitting .316 with an NL-high 29 homers, 69 RBIs and 23 stolen bases for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He became the first Dodgers player to homer in an All-Star Game since Mike Piazza off Cleveland's Charles Nagy in 1996 at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium. A four-time All-Star playing 11 days after his 30th birthday, Ohtani was with the NL for the first time after leaving the Angels to sign a record $700 million, 10-year contract with the Dodgers. He is not pitching this season following . In one of the night's marquee matchups, Ohtani faced Oakland reliever Mason Miller in the fifth. Miller started him with a called strike on a 100.6 mph pitch on the inside corner, then threw a slider inside. Ohtani took a 101.8 mph pitch at the bottom of the zone for strike two, then swung over a slider at his back foot. Overall, very heavy, Ohtani said. He threw a lot of really good quality pitches. Miller faced Ohtani with a plan. I was just trying to execute fastballs down. I know once I established that, the slider below is open, so got right to it, Miller said. Willie Mays Jersey
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