Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani left Tuesday’s videogame versus the San Diego Padres early due to a blister on the middle finger of his pitching hand. He stated lateron that he mostlikely won’t pitch in next week’s All-Star Game due to the injury.
The right-handed Ohtani was pulled from the pitching mound at Petco Park in the bottom of the 6th inning after providing up back-to-back house runs to Xander Bogaerts and Jake Cronenworth on 3 pitches, the veryfirst time in Ohtani’s profession that he provided up successive homers. He left the field with a fitnessinstructor as the Angels routed the Padres, 5-1.
Ohtani hasactually been dealing with a split fingernail on the verysame finger the blister is on, an problem that pressed back his arranged start by a day. He did not return to the lineup as a designated player, with the Angels calling on Jo Adell to pinch hit for him when his area in the lineup came back up in the leading of the ninth inning.
Ohtani was called a two-way All-Star for the 3rd straight year over the weekend after he was chose for the American League pitching personnel by gamers and voted as a designated player by fans. With the injury, nevertheless, it’s not clear if Ohtani will start next week’s All-Star Game at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. He might still be the beginning DH, however Ohtani stated he doesn’t anticipate to pitch throughout the Midsummer Classic.
“It’s going to be quite difficult. As of now I’m preparation on not pitching,” Ohtani stated through an interpreter.
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