Facing the Detroit Tigers and batting third, Ruth collected two more homers, but allowed four runs in the 5th inning and was removed from the ball game. On J– also a Monday – Ruth’s 19 dingers were good for best in baseball when “The Babe” took the hill for the Yankees. At the plate the 26-year-old from Japan was 2-3 with a pair of RBI and three runs scored as the Angels earned a 9-4 victory. Ohtani, who serves as Los Angeles’ designated hitter in games he does not pitch, tossed five innings versus the Rangers, striking out nine batters and allowing four earned runs en route to his first win of the year. (Later Monday evening, the Phillies’ Rhys Hoskins blasted a pair of long balls versus the Cardinals, giving him eight on the season and vaulting him into sole possession of the league lead.) When the Angels sent Ohtani to the bump to start the club’s game in Texas, he did so having hit seven home runs on the season, good for a tie with seven other players atop all of Major League Baseball. The last man staking a claim to such an effort? George Herman “Babe” Ruth, on June 13, 1921.
On Monday, baseball’s Shohei Ohtani accomplished a feat not seen in nearly a century – taking the mound as his team’s starting pitcher while simultaneously leading the league in home runs.
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