These days, it seems like there’s nothing Shohei Ohtani can’t do (that is, except make the Angels win enough games to quiet trade rumors). So it should have come as no surprise that, when the two-way superstar strode to the plate on Monday night against the Yankees with two outs and a runner on first base and his team trailing by two runs in the seventh inning, Ohtani once again delivered.
The league leader in home runs crushed a ball over the center field wall for a dramatic, game-tying homer off of Michael King to even the score at 3–3. He punctuated the clutch hit with a fitting bat flip and strong show of emotion that’s not typical of the usually stoic Ohtani.
OH MY, SHOHEI 😱
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) July 18, 2023
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