“They’re f**king unicorns”: Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout showcase supremacy in Halos’ 10-0 over Tigers

“They’re f**king unicorns”: Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout showcase supremacy in Halos’ 10-0 over Tigers

Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout

Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout are said to be in the prime of their careers, but unfortunately, they haven’t been able to post their team upto a Wild-Card spot. On Monday, The Los Angeles Angels took away a 10-0 win against the Detroit Tigers, where Ohtani went 3-for-5 with two homers, a double and three RBIs, while Trout went 3-for-4 with a homer and a double

It was the seventh time this year Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout homered in the same game. But they have a more definitive competitor for the award, New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge. Ohtani’s second home run went opposite-field home run to left-center field with an exit velocity of 108.6 mph, and it traveled a Statcast-projected 416 feet.

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“When they hit them, they sound a little different,” interim manager Phil Nevin said of Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani. “The balls that Shohei hit to right in his first two at-bats, he was staying back on off-speed pitches. And then the one to left-center, there’s not too many guys who can hit them that far there from that side of the plate.”

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Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout
Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout

“You’re always coming to the ballpark trying to compete and push for everybody to do well,” Mike Trout said. “He’s (Shohei Ohtani) a special, special baseball player. It’s going to be a fun stretch over the next [27] games. … It’s fun to watch.”

Shohei Ohtani is batting .270/.360/.537 with 32 homers, 85 RBIs, 78 runs scored and 11 stolen bases in 130 games. He’s also pitched like an ace in 23 starts, posting a 2.58 ERA with 181 strikeouts in 136 innings.

Shohei Ohtani ranks second in the AL in homers and fifth in pitching strikeouts. “Overall, I’ve been able to look at the pitches and swing the bat pretty well,” he said through an interpreter. “And I’d like to continue what I’ve been doing.”

Mike Trout has batted .302 with 6 homers, 2 doubles and 9 RBIs in 16 games after returning from his back/rib cage injury on Aug. 19. “I feel pretty good,” Trout said. “Just being out there with the guys and getting at-bats every day has been big for me. I feel fine, I feel great.”

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