Being a one-way player in the major leagues isn’t quite as impressive as being a two-way player, as Shohei Ohtani was for the first two months of the season, when the Angels rookie wowed baseball with his pitching and hitting prowess.
A June 6 elbow injury will probably prevent Ohtani from pitching again this season. It will not stop him from hitting, as Ohtani showed Sunday night when he crushed a pinch-hit home run in the seventh inning to lift the Angels to a 4-3 victory over the Dodgers in front of 42,213 in Angel Stadium.
Ohtani spent much of Sunday morning undergoing treatment after fouling a ball off his right knee Saturday.