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Ukuze uqonde ubuhle besiqalo se-Shohei Ohtani kuwukulindela okuthile okumangalisayo okuzokwenzeka, ngisho nalapho kungekho marekhodi amahle noma izinombolo ezikhanyayo ezenzekayo. Ekuqaleni kwakhe ebhekene neMinnesota Twins ngeSonto e-Angel Stadium, u-Ohtani wayemane nje engenye i-ace enesiqalo esihle – nokho wayeseyisihlabani sohlelo.
U-Ohtani ufake ama-innings ayisithupha e-baseball eshaya kabili, i-run eyodwa, i-three-walk baseball, eshaya ayisishiyagalolunye ekuwine kwe-Angels ngo 4-2 ihlula ama-Minnesota Twins.
Uhambe i-batter eyodwa ku-innings ngayinye emithathu yokuqala, wadela ukushaya kwakhe kokuqala futhi wagijima kuphela kwesesithathu – i-RBI ephindwe kabili kaCarlos Correa. U-Ohtani ube ne-inning yakhe yokuqala eyodwa-two-ezintathu kweyesine, eshaya amabili endleleni. Uqede isiqalo sakhe ngokushaya ama-batter amane elandelana.
Kube ngcono ekuqaleni kwakhe kwakamuva – uyeke ama-run amathathu noma ngaphezulu awuzuzile ekuphumeni kwakhe ngakunye kwemine edlule. Kungokokuqala ngqa kusukela ngo-Ephreli 11 ukuthi u-Ohtani ayeke ukuhamba ngezinyawo kathathu noma ngaphezulu.
Epuletini, u-Ohtani wayehamba eyodwa kwabathathu, efinyelela esisekelweni esisodwa, uhambo lwamabomu kanye nokukhetha komdlali wasensimini. Isikhathi ngasinye wayeshiywa dengwane.
U-Mickey Moniak uzame ukubamba i-run-rue yasekhaya phezulu kwesishiyagalombili, ewela udonga lwenkundla yesokunxele ezihlalweni. Ubonakale ethola ucezu lwe-baseball kodwa akakwazanga ukudlala umdlalo wasekhaya ka-Alex Kirilloff.
U-Jared Walsh wezingelosi uqoqe ingoma yakhe yokuqala selokhu ebuyile ohlwini lwabalimele ngoMgqibelo. Ingoma yakhe kweyesithathu ivumele u-Hunter Renfroe, ofinyelele endaweni eyodwa, ukuthi angene endaweni yesithathu. Impukane ka-Gio Urshela ishaye iRenfroe yaba ngu-1-1.
Phansi kweyesikhombisa, iziNgelosi zahola. U-Zach Neto no-Moniak bashaya i-back-to-back, eshintsha umfutho kabili. U-Neto ugudluze u-Matt Thaiss endaweni yokushaya amagoli, kwathi ukushaya kukaMoniak kwashayela uThaiss noNeto okwenza i-Angels ihambe phambili ngo 3-1.
Izingelosi zandise ukuhola kwazo kwesishiyagalombili ngesikhathi uThaiss eshayela e-Urshela nge-RBI ephindwe kabili.
UCarlos Estévez uphose elesishiyagalolunye, eqoqa ukusindisa kwakhe kwe-12 kwesizini.
