Mike Scioscia is not a big-picture guy, not when he's grinding through the six-month marathon of a season and he's busy trying to squeeze some runs out of a cryogenic lineup and coax a few outs from a beleaguered bullpen.
So it's tough for the Angels' field boss, even with his 32 years in the big leagues as a player and manager, to fully appreciate what two-way star Shohei Ohtani, who has emerged as a dominant force on the mound and in the batter's box, has accomplished in less than two months in the big leagues.
Ohtani threw a career-high 7 2/3 innings and 110 pitches in Angel Stadium on Sunday, limiting Tampa Bay to two runs and six hits, striking out nine batters and walking one in a 5-2 victory that ended the Angels' skid at five games and the Rays' winning streak at six games.