ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit his major league-leading 32nd homer and broke the single-season major league record for homers by a Japanese player during the Los Angeles Angels’ 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday.
Fellow All-Star Jared Walsh homered twice for the Angels, who won for the sixth time in seven games and took two of three from the AL-leading Red Sox.
Ohtani broke Hideki Matsui’s record with his 433-foot shot to right off Eduardo Rodríguez (6-5), putting the Angels ahead to stay in the fifth inning. Matsui hit 31 homers for the Yankees in 2004, but the Angels’ two-way superstar surpassed the mark before the All-Star break with his 15th homer in his past 20 games.