Before today’s game got going, it had the look of a potentially exciting pitching matchup, with Astros fireballer Josh James squaring off against Angels phenom Shohei Ohtani. Ohtani was coming off an ugly performance in his first start of the year, in which he failed to record an out, and unfortunately, today he had a similar experience. While Ohtani was squeezed a bit by the home plate umpire today, he was nonetheless very wild, issuing five free passes while recording just five outs, but since the Astros were unable to record a hit against him, they only managed to push two runs across, both of which came on bases loaded walks in the 2nd inning.
Game Recap: Astros squeak past Angels 6-5 in extras
