Shohei Ohtani strikes out in opposition to Czech electrician in World Baseball Classic

Ondrej Satoria’s is an electrician within the Czech Republic, and he’ll have fairly the story to inform when he returns to work.

Satoria struck out Shohei Ohtani within the World Baseball Classic on his own residence turf.

Shohei Ohtani of Japan bats throughout their Pool B sport in opposition to the Czech Republic on the World Baseball Classic on the Tokyo Dome, Japan, Saturday, March 11, 2023.  (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Satoria was in a position to take off his day job to compete within the WBC. The massive majority of the Czech workforce is crammed with gamers with actual day jobs, whereas they’re baseball gamers by evening.

Ohtani would be the most proficient baseball participant, properly, ever. You do not want a reminder of how wonderful he’s, however you are going to get one anyway.

Last 12 months, Ohtani grew to become the primary participant in MLB historical past to formally qualify for each pitching and hitting leaderboards, and he was close to the highest in each of them. 

Shohei Ohtani of Japan delivers a pitch in opposition to China within the first inning of the Pool B sport on the World Baseball Classic (WBC) in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

He had the Tenth-best OPS within the majors (.875) in addition to the sixth-lowest ERA (2.33). He’s legitimately elite at each hitting and pitching. Had it not been for a record-breaking season by Aaron Judge, he would have gained his second consecutive MVP Award.

The Tokyo Dome is internet hosting pool play within the WBC, and naturally, Japan’s video games are just about bought out. It’s additionally the primary time Ohtani is enjoying aggressive baseball again in his house nation since 2017, so everyone seems to be exhibiting out for his or her nationwide hero.

But the electrician struck out the previous MVP, on three pitches!

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The punchout pitch was a devastating 72 mile-per-hour “offspeed” pitch. He did not throw above 79 all day.

His teammates gave him an enormous ovation from the dugout, however the positivity was short-lived, as Japan gained, 10-2.

Despite the ugly strikeout, Ohtani is doing simply positive within the match. In Japan’s first sport on Thursday, he struck out 5 in 4 innings of one-hit, no-run ball. He additionally went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI.

Designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, #16 of Japan, celebrates hitting a three-run house run within the fifth inning throughout the World Baseball Classic exhibition sport between Japan and Hanshin Tigers at Kyocera Dome Osaka on March 6, 2023, in Osaka, Japan.  (Kenta Harada/Getty Images)

In the entire match, he is 5-for-10 with three doubles and 4 RBI, and Japan is 3-0.