Baseball: Ohtani strikes out 13 in Angels’ comeback win in St. Louis
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Shohei Ohtani tied his career high with 13 strikeouts but gave up four runs over five innings in the Los Angeles Angels’ 6-4 comeback win against the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday.
The two-way star reached 500 career strikeouts in MLB, making him only the second player in major league history to record 500 strikeouts as a pitcher and 100 homers as a hitter, after Hall of Famer Babe Ruth.
In Japan, Ohtani struck out 624 and hit 48 home runs in five seasons with the Nippon Ham Fighters.
He received a no-decision on the mound at Busch Stadium while capping his three-hit day at the plate with a...