It seems like every day brings another milestone for Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani. A day after outdueling fellow All-Star Nathan Eovaldi on the mound against the Red Sox, Wednesday saw Ohtani make history in the batter's box.
Ohtani slugged his 32nd home run of the season in the fifth inning, setting a new record as the most for a Japanese-born player in MLB history. He passes Hideki Matsui, who homered 31 times in 2004, which was his second big league season.
Ohtani reached that mark in his 81st game (as a hitter) of the year, while Matsui played in all 162 games in 2004.