Blue Jays' Ryu Hyun-jin beats Ohtani, Angels for 2nd win of season

Published date30 May 2022
Publication titleThe Korea Times

Ryu Hyun-jin of the Toronto Blue Jays has earned his second straight victory, beating the Los Angeles Angels on the road and getting the better of their two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani in the process. Ryu held the Angels to two runs on six hits in five innings at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, Thursday (local time), as the Jays opened the four-game series with a 6-3 win.

He struck out just one batter, and it came against Ohtani to end the bottom of the fifth.Ryu improved to 2-0 and lowered his ERA from 6.

00 to 5.48. In three starts since returning from a month-long stint on the injured list with left forearm inflammation, Ryu has held opponents to three earned runs in 15 2/3 innings, for a 1.

72 ERA.Ohtani, the pitcher, allowed five runs on six hits, including two home runs in six innings, as he fell to 3-3 with a 3.

45 ERA.Ohtani, the 2021 American League (AL) MVP, went 0-for-2 with an RBI and a walk against Ryu at the plate.

This was Ryu's fifth start of the season and his toughest challenge to date. The Angels came into this game leading the AL in the on-base plus slugging percentage with .

742 and ranking second in the league with 214 runs, 371 hits and 60 home runs.But the Blue Jays struck first, as George Springer led off the game with a home run to center field off Ohtani.

Ryu then pitched around a mini jam in the bottom first. With two runners aboard after a single and a walk, Ryu got cleanup Anthony Rendon to ground out to a 4-3 double play.

Second baseman Santiago Espinal, standing right behind the second base bag in a shift, was perfectly positioned to field what could have been an RBI single up the middle to start the inning-ending twin killer.He retired the side in order on eight pitches in the bottom of the second, though there were a couple of loud outs.

Matt Duffy smoked a liner to left, and it was tracked down by left fielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. for the first out of the inning.

The ball had an exit velocity of 105.3 miles per hour, 0.6 mph harder than Springer's first-inning homer.

With two outs, Juan Lagares hit a flyball to deep left, and Gurriel caught it on the warning track.The Blue Jays jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top third, thanks...

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