TROUBLE AHEAD?
Ohtani homers again, then is pulled from Angels' loss to Blue Jays
Shohei Ohtani hits a single in the sixth inning of Friday’s game against Toronto. He also homered, but he was later pulled from the game.
A day after Shohei Ohtani was pulled with minor cramping that did little to cast a shadow over one of the best days of his career, the condition suddenly seems like it may be more serious.
Ohtani was pulled from the Angels’ 4-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night with what Manager Phil Nevin called “cramping in both legs.”
Ohtani would have hit with the bases loaded in the ninth inning, but when Michael Stefanic came out to pinch-hit for him, it was
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clear something was wrong.
Nevin said they “aren’t thinking about” putting Ohtani on the injured list.
“We’ve got to take a look at it (today) and see what happens,” Nevin said.
Ohtani, who normally does not speak to the media except when after he has pitched, was walking in the clubhouse after the game.
Ohtani has shown himself to be exceptionally durable, in addition to historically productive as a two-way player. He was in the lineup for the 101st time in the Angels 104 games on Friday night, even though he had a grueling day on Thursday.
Ohtani threw 111 pitches in a one-hit shutout in the first game of a doubleheader against Detroit, and in the second game he hit two homers. Ohtani didn’t finish that game because of what Nevin described as general cramping.