PITTSBURGH — In a sport where the numbers often become numbing — I can look up the Pirates' record on Tuesday nights on artificial turf against 27-year-old left-handers with mustaches who played for at least two American League teams — this little nugget leaped from the computer screen. It came courtesy of ESPN Stats & Info:
"Shohei Ohtani is the 1st MLB player with both an 8-RBI game and a 13-strikeout game in a career. He's done it in the last 2 nights."
He's done it in the last 2 nights.