There were three 100-mile hits, now Ohtani as we know it.

Ohtani, who had been in a slump for nearly a month due to hamstring pain, has rekindled the home run race by firing cannons for the past two consecutive days. Ohtani recorded one hit, one RBI and one run from four times at bat in a game against the Texas Rangers held at Dodger Stadium on the 13th (Korea time). 동행복권파워볼

Ohtani hit a home run at his first at bat in the bottom of the first inning. He robbed Texas right-hander John Gray of a solo home run. At the full count, he pulled the slider that fell to the middle of the right field for the sixth time at 89.8 miles. He hit his 17th home run of the season with a shooting angle of 26 degrees, a batting speed of 105.2 miles, and a flying distance of 424 feet.

Ohtani blasted a two-run shot in the bottom of the sixth inning against Texas on the previous day, using his cannon for two consecutive games to clean up his slump that lasted for a month. Ohtani is now one shy of leading Atlanta Braves’ Marcell Osuna (18) in the National League home run race.

What should be noted above all is the quality (質) of his pitches. He is displaying fast and strong batting performances one after another. He failed to add a hit in the three subsequent at-bats, but he hit two consecutive strong batting performances that flew at a speed of more than 100 miles.

At the second batter’s box, when he was hit with no outs and a runner on the first base in the third inning, he pulled a 89.2-mile changeup from his first ball that fell outward on Gray’s second pitch, and hit a clothesline hit that had a shooting angle of 15 degrees and a speed of 112.5 miles toward right field. As right fielder Adolis Garcia tried to come forward, he belatedly determined the point of fall, jumped, and extended his gloved left hand to barely catch him.

Local media brought up an interesting expression about the hit. “I heard another loud noise. That’s the Ohtani sound,” he said. “Based on the flying height, it could have been a hit that fell in front of the outfielder. Garcia cannot be blamed. The speed of the hit exceeded 113 miles.”

Garcia tried to run forward considering the height of the flying ball, but he defended his defense, saying that he reversed course because the ball hit so well. The focus is on Otani Sound. This means that Otani is close to his peak batting condition.

Ohtani hit more than 100 miles of ball even after two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning when his team was losing 1-3. He retired to center field with a 94.1 mile four-seam fastball in the middle of the fourth pitch by opposing left-hander Jacob Ratz, which flew 104.4 miles. Ohtani marked a batting average of 0.311 (82 hits in 264 times at bat), 17 homers, 44 RBIs, 51 runs, on-base percentage 0.383, slugging percentage 0.587 and OPS 0.970.