Angels activate Ohtani, ready to hit, from 10-day DL

manager Mike Scioscia said.

Scioscia added that there’s no plan in place in terms of Ohtani’s usage and they’ll monitor it daily.

“He’s been cleared to swing and we will see how it all goes down,” Scioscia said.

Ohtani is hitting .289 with a .907 OPS and six homers in 114 at-bats in his rookie season. He batted sixth on Tuesday.

It’s still unclear if Ohtani is capable of returning on the mound this year, but Angels general manager Billy Eppler has expressed the club’s desire to utilize his skills as a hitter as the Angels attempt to climb back into the playoff race.

RED SOX 11, NATIONALS 4 » Xander Bogaerts hit a three-run homer during a six-run fifth inning, J.D. Martinez and Eduardo Nunez

SEATTLE » The Angels activated righthanded pitcher/designated hitter Shohei Ohtani from the 10-day disabled list Tuesday and he was the designated hitter in their game against the Seattle Mariners.

Ohtani received stem cell therapy and a platelet-rich plasma injection to help heal his Grade 2 sprain of his ulnar collateral elbow ligament suffered more than three weeks ago. Ohtani was cleared for a hitting program on Friday and took part in two simulated games against minor league pitchers over the weekend.

“We’re going to see how many looks we can give him as a (designated hitter) and hopefully he’ll give us a lift there,” Angels

also went deep, and Boston beat Washington.

BREWERS 2, TWINS 0» Eric Thames hit a tworun homer and three pitchers combined on a two-hit shutout as Milwaukee slipped past Minnesota.

CUBS 5, TIGERS 3 » Anthony Rizzo drove in his second run of the game in the seventh inning to snap a tie, Kyle Schwarber followed with a solo homer in the eighth and Chicago rebounded from an early three-run deficit to edge Detroit for its fifth straight win.

BLUE JAYS 8, METS 6 » Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a tiebreaking two-run home run in the eighth inning and Toronto rallied from a five-run deficit to beat New York.

Yangervis Solarte hit a game-tying threerun home run off Robert Gsellman in the seventh.