Astros fans love having Shohei Ohtani’s number
By Mark Powell
Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani dominates pretty much all of baseball — except the Houston Astros. The stats back up that assertion.
Ohtani is the MVP favorite in the American League with Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. breathing down his neck. While Shohei’s numbers are incredible against pretty much all of baseball — as in 29 teams — his stats against the Astros are fairly atrocious.
The 27-year-old has a 7.03 ERA against Houston for his career. That’s…not ideal.
On Friday night, that trend continued as Ohtani was removed after just 3.1 innings pitched despite hitting his 44th home run of the season. The Astros won the game, 10-5, including 16 hits as a team.
Houston Astros fans love the fact that they own Shohei Ohtani
Astros fans are among the most boisterous in the sport, and when they own you, they own you. The Angels aren’t in prime playoff position, while Houston is. The Astros hold a 5.5-game lead over the Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics in the AL West.
So, it’s tough to blame Astros fans for backing their team on Twitter.
Ohtani now has a career 7.03 ERA vs the Astros pic.twitter.com/5LxLvsjtxh
— Michael Schwab (@michaelschwab13) September 11, 2021
Astros anouncers are AWE of what Shohei Ohtani has been able to do pic.twitter.com/uRjGIIVyOT
— Talkin stats (@talkin_stats) September 11, 2021
The Astros put up 6 runs, 9 hits and got Ohtani out of there in 3 innings. I don’t think they even hit a homerun last night, they just kept moving the runners and it was beautiful to watch in person.
— TJ (@TJEsco8) September 11, 2021
Ohtani has a 7.03 Career era against the Astros.
— bielakforcy ⭐ WORLD CHAMPS! 🏆 (@J0SEALTUVE) September 11, 2021
I thought it was like 3.50 or smth.
1: @astros take out Ohtani (“goat”) in 3.1 inn.
— Michael E. (@Mik_E_Music) September 11, 2021
2: @astros out hit the the @Angels 16-8.
3: Astros commit 4 errors to the Angels 1.
4: Astros still out score the Angels by 5.
5: Shohei still ends up on @MLB front page.. #GetOffTheTit pic.twitter.com/2VphXXNzLT
Cringey Astros fans are on @baseballreddit hamming it up on Ohtani's loss even though he mashed a homer against them. What sad little lives they live. pic.twitter.com/C29XQ0cmJM
— Halos Hub ⚾ (@haloshub) September 11, 2021
I mean I love Ohtani as an Astros fan but his slider and cutter were getting destroyed lol
— Astros World Series Champs🔥🔥🔥 (@_Bigdaddymac1) September 11, 2021
There were more where that came from.
When you have one of the best players in baseball’s numbers, you ought to flaunt that fact.
Next. Carlos Correa is done with the Astros after this season. dark
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