{"id":1985664,"date":"2023-07-29T07:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T11:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baseball-ohtani-homers-in-loss-to-blue-jays-and-exits-second-game-with-cramps\/"},"modified":"2023-07-29T07:31:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T11:31:53","slug":"baseball-ohtani-homers-in-loss-to-blue-jays-and-exits-second-game-with-cramps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baseball-ohtani-homers-in-loss-to-blue-jays-and-exits-second-game-with-cramps\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohtani homers but leaves second game with cramps in loss to Blue Jays."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbaseball-ohtani-homers-in-loss-to-blue-jays-and-exits-second-game-with-cramps%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1985664&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>Shohei Ohtani\u200c Hits 39th Home Run, Leaves Game with Cramps<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>By Steve Keating<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>TORONTO (Reuters) \u2013 Los Angeles Angels dual-threat superstar \u2063Shohei Ohtani slammed his Major League-leading 39th \u200chomerun in a 4-1 loss to the Toronto \u200cBlue Jays on \u200dFriday, then left the contest early for \u200bthe second consecutive game with suspected cramps. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Ohtani\u2019s\u200c first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baseball-ohtani-homers-in-loss-to-blue-jays-and-exits-second-game-with-cramps\/\" title=\"Ohtani homers but leaves second game with cramps in loss to Blue Jays.\">inning solo shot accounted<\/a> for all the Angels\u2019 scoring while Toronto responded with three solo homeruns of their own from Matt Chapman, Danny Jansen and Whit Merrifield to power the Blue \u2063Jays to their\u200b fourth \u2064win in five games.<\/p>\n<p>The stage was set for some Ohtani heroics when the Angels loaded the bases in the ninth but he did not get a chance to \u2063bat and was replaced by pinch-hitter Michael Stefanic, who struck out.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles manager Phil Niven said Ohtani complained of \u200dcramping in his lower legs and would be re-evaluated in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>Ohtani had been scheduled to\u2064 be on the mound for the opener of the \u200cthree game \u200dset against the Jays but\u200b a rainout in \u200cDetroit on Wednesday pushed the \u200cright-hander into action for the first\u2064 game of\u2062 a Thursday\u2062 doubleheader where he\u2063 conjured\u200d up a complete-game shutout masterpiece.<\/p>\n<p>In the night cap, Ohtani did his damage at the plate\u200b slamming two home runs.<\/p>\n<p>As he made his second trip\u200d around the Comerica Park \u2064bases Ohtani clutched at his side sending a shiver through the Angels dugout as he trotted off\u200d into the clubhouse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s fine, completely fine\u200c it was just more\u2062 cramping,\u201d Niven assured a pre-game group of mostly \u2063Japanese media in the Los Angeles dugout.\u200d \u201cI talked to him this morning and\u2062 he said, \u2062\u201cI am\u2062 100% and ready to go\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>True to his word the 2021\u2062 American League Most Valuable \u2064Player took the first pitch from Toronto starter\u200c Kevin Gausman and hammered it over the right field wall.<\/p>\n<p>With Ohtani headed to free agency at the end of the \u200dseason the Angels were widely expected to\u200b deal the two-way phenomenon before the August 1 trade deadline rather than let the all-star walk away with nothing in return.<\/p>\n<p>But Ohtani is having another MVP season leading the major \u200dleagues in \u200bhomers and an impressive 9-5 pitching record\u2064 that is making it \u2063almost\u200c impossible for the Angels to trade \u200dhim as they \u2062make a push for the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>The Angels \u200dhave not appeared in the playoffs since 2014 but with just \u200ctwo losses in their last \u206310 are in the thick of the American League wildcard chase\u2063 and trading away the game\u2019s best player\u2062 would be viewed by fans as throwing in the towel.<\/p>\n<p>Also\u200d Angels owner Arturo Moreno would not relish the prospect of becoming the modern \u200cday version of Harry Frazee, the \u2063Boston Red Sox owner who traded baseball\u2019s most iconic figure, legendary two-way star Babe Ruth, to the New York Yankees.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>  (Reporting by Steve Keating in Toronto; 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dual-threat superstar, hit his 39th homerun in a 4-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. However, he left the game early for the second time in a row due to suspected cramps. 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