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- Shohei Ohtani absolutely dominated the Miami Marlins on the mound and at the plate on Wednesday.
- He recorded 10 strikeouts, drove in two runs, and stole a base. Something that’s never been done before in recorded MLB history.
- Fans are running out of ways to describe Ohtani’s incredible talent.
The term “alien” almost doesn’t seem incredible enough to describe Shohei Ohtani.
Whether he’s hitting absolute bombs at the plate or striking out batters with absolutely disgusting stuff on the mound, Ohtani is truly a one-of-a-kind player. So much so that he’s breaking some sort of record almost every day.
He did so again on Wednesday night against the Miami Marlins. Ohtani dominated the fish, striking out 10 on the mound and allowing zero earned runs. He also knocked in a pair of runs and stole a base as a hitter.
Ohtani became the first player in Major League Baseball history (*at least since stats were officially recorded) to strikeout 10, knock in two and steal a base.
Shohei Ohtani is the 1st player since RBI became official (1920) with 10+ strikeouts, multiple RBI & a SB in a game
5 have had ALMOST that combo with ONE RBI instead:
1989 José Rijo
1968 Bob Gibson (15 K!)
1967 Jim Lonborg
1963 Whitey Ford
1957 Connie Johnson— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) July 7, 2022
He’s also been on an absolutely unreal pitching run of late.
40+ strikeouts & 0 ER in a 4-start span, since ER official (1913):
2022 Shohei Ohtani
2021 Max Scherzer
2018 Chris Sale
2015 Clayton Kershaw
2014 Clayton Kershaw
2012 R.A. Dickey
2004 Johan Santana
2000-01 Chan Ho Park
1968 Ray Culp— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) July 7, 2022
Ohtani now has a dazzling 2.44 ERA, which ranks fifth in the American League. He’s also now on pace for 36 home runs and a career-high 106 RBI. Baseball fans are starting to run out of ways to say how ridiculous Ohtani is.
Incredible. The AP Stylebook should require superlatives with any reference to Shohei Ohtani. https://t.co/bjInIxRBEZ
— rich pesce (@rpesce) July 7, 2022
The best baseball player of all time. https://t.co/LZ3HZFFNta
— Sean Larken (@Lark_NessMonsta) July 7, 2022
https://twitter.com/HennyLundqvist/status/1544857978523865090?s=20&t=mmMlv4R6u5corFDGYvN0Ww
My 10 year old ballplayer asks: "How is someone supposed to hit that?".
My answer: they're not. https://t.co/F0pRxlxsV1
— Matt Mauro (@TheMidRangeJump) July 7, 2022
https://twitter.com/dave_riordan/status/1545020454813011968?s=20&t=mmMlv4R6u5corFDGYvN0Ww
Shohei Ohtani is not an alien. But he is something that we likely won’t see again for a very, very long time. Baseball fans may not realize quite how ridiculous he is due playing for a bad team on the West Coast. But Ohtani is already one of the game’s all-time great players.