Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels had tied his career-high with 13 strikeouts and reached 500 career strikeouts, becoming only the second player in history to achieve “500 strikeouts and 100 home runs”. He raised his batting average to .300.
After a two-day rest for a full charge, he went all out from the first inning on.
He extended his hitting streak to a season-high of 6 games and recorded his 10th multi-hit game of the season against the Athletics.
His batting stats for the season are .307 average and 5 stolen bases in 29 games, while his pitching stats are 4 wins and a 2.54 ERA in 7 games.
