Both sides of Shohei Ohtani were on display in Tuesday night’s Angels 5-3 win over the Red Sox in Anaheim, pitching seven strong innings and ripping an RBI double in the win.
Ohtani allowed four leadoff singles on Tuesday, including three doubles, but only two of them scored thanks to allowing only one more hit to all other batters. He only struck out four, but more importantly walked none for just the second time this season.
In his first four starts this season, Ohtani walked 19 batters, a 22.6-percent walk rate. But he only has 16 walks in his last nine starts, trimming that walk rate to eight percent.