ANAHEIM, California. – Shohei Ohtani threw a baseball at 101 mph on top of the first, then hit a 115mph baseball midway through, a touching start to a historic Sunday night for the feel of two-way Los Angeles.
Ohtani, throwing and hitting the same game for the first time in his career, retired three of the first four Chicago White Sox hitters he faced in the top half of the first inning, throwing three throws in all three digits, including a 101 mph fast ball to Adam Eaton, who was followed by a nasty divider on the ground to record an attack.
In the bottom half, Ohtani activated the first shot he saw from White Sox right-back Dylan Cease (a 97 mph fastball) and threw it 451 feet to right field, supporting the run. initial.
Otani’s launch at Eaton (officially at 100.6 mph) was the fastest launch of any early launcher this season, and his home run (with an exit speed of 115.2 mph) was the most affected goal of the season by any player.
Ohtani, who was operated on by Tommy John after his rookie season, had amassed just 53 pitching innings since his Major League debut in 2018. But Angels manager Joe Maddon has committed with him as a two-way player in 2021 and has lifted many of the restrictions that were previously set, which prevented him from being in training the day before, the day after and the day of his departure.
On Sunday, he became the first starting pitcher to beat second in a game since Jack Dunleavy in 1903.