Tokyo, 8 September, /AJMEDIA/
Shohei Ohtani had his 33rd home run of the season Wednesday as the Los Angeles Angels lost 5-4 to the Detroit Tigers.
With the game tied at 3-3 in the seventh, Ohtani ripped a 2-0 sinker from the Tigers’ fourth pitcher Andrew Chafin over the center-field wall for a solo home run at Angel Stadium.
Batting third as the designated hitter, it was the only hit for Ohtani on the day as he finished 1-for-5.
The Angels gave up two runs in the ninth when Kerry Carpenter and Ryan Kreidler both had solo shots off the Angels’ fifth pitcher, Jose Quijada (0-4).
Yu Darvish earned his 13th win, meanwhile, after surrendering three runs all on solo shots over six-plus innings in the San Diego Padres’ 6-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Darvish (13-7) allowed both Daulton Varsho and Corbin Carroll to go deep in the second before a two-run homer from Jurickson Profar and a Jake Cronenworth solo shot in the home half gave the Padres the lead.
Varsho again homered off Darvish in the fourth to tie it, but Will Myers’ solo shot, the last of the six homers in the game, in the bottom of the inning gave the Padres the lead for good.
