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ANAHEIM — After Shohei Ohtani was limited to just two innings and 31 pitches against the Red Sox on Monday because of a lengthy rain delay, the Angels opted to move up his scheduled start by two days because they are trying to maximize as many outings as they can out of him this season.
Ohtani, pitching on fewer than five days’ rest for the first time in his career, certainly didn’t show any signs of fatigue against the Royals on Friday. He was his usual dominant self, striking out a season-high 11 batters over seven scoreless innings in a 2-0 win at Angel Stadium. Ohtani allowed just two hits and two walks while lowering his ERA to 0.64 through 28 innings this season, which is an Angels record through the first five starts of a season.
Ohtani, the AL MVP in 2021 and the runner-up last year, also extended his club record by turning in his 12th straight start of allowing two runs or fewer. It’s the longest active streak in the Majors and shows his remarkable consistency.
Ohtani had everything working, as his fastball reached as high as 100.2 mph and he again leaned heavily on his sweeper. But he also mixed in more cutters than usual as well as his looping curveball he rarely throws. It kept Kansas City’s batters off-balance, as they made several awkward swing attempts for strikeouts, including Bobby Witt Jr. on an 87.2 mph sweeper way off the plate in the fourth and Salvador Perez on a nasty 86.5 mph curveball in the seventh.
Among his 102 pitches, Ohtani registered an impressive 22 swings and misses, including eight with his sweeper, four with his fastball, four with his curveball, three with his cutter, two with his splitter and one with his slider.
Ohtani was locked in from the start, as he didn’t walk the first batter he faced for the first time in five starts this season. He struck out the side in the first inning and retired the first six batters he faced before giving up a leadoff single to Edward Olivares in the third. But he induced a double play grounder from Nicky Lopez before getting Jackie Bradley Jr. to pop up to end the inning.
He ran into some trouble in the fourth after he walked MJ Melendez and gave up a single to Vinnie Pasquantino, but was again able to get out of it by rolling up a double play. Rookie shortstop Zach Neto made a nice pick on a hard grounder from Perez to start an inning-ending double play.
Ohtani finished his start on a tear, striking out the final six batters he faced after he walked Lopez to open the sixth. His final strikeout came on an 82.7-mph sweeper to Michael Massey, and Ohtani slapped his hand into his glove above his head in celebration.
Ohtani got help offensively from an unexpected source, as catcher Chad Wallach hit a two-run homer in the third inning. Wallach had his contract selected from Triple-A Salt Lake before the game with Logan O’Hoppe placed on the 10-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation.
