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Last night in Miami, Shohei Ohtani did what’s become routine midway through the 2022 season: He stopped another Angels losing streak.
He did so by putting on another historic two-way show: Ohtani allowed just one unearned run on two hits with 10 strikeouts in seven innings, and broke a 1–1 tie with a two-out, two-RBI single in the fifth inning of what would eventually become a 5–2 victory. The latest virtuoso performance made him the only player in league history to strike out 10 batters on the mound while driving in two runs at the plate and stealing a base.
