Framber Valdez racked up 12 strikeouts over eight innings of three-hit ball and sent Shohei Ohtani to his first mound loss of the season in the Astros' 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Framber Valdez says he probably threw too hard and made too many mistakes early in his career when he got into mound matchups against a pitcher of Shohei Ohtani's caliber.Framber Valdez racked up 12 strikeouts over eight innings of three-hit ball and sent Shohei Ohtani to his first mound loss of the season in the Astros' 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels
Ohtani finished with seven strikeouts, but he has yielded at least three runs in three consecutive starts for the first time in his major league career. Valdez was back in ace form after a few up-and-down starts. He held Ohtani hitless at the plate, limited Mike Trout to one single and didn't issue a walk while finishing one strikeout shy of his career high, also established against Los Angeles last July.
Ohtani made history when he fanned Jeremy Peña in the second inning for his 502nd strikeout, passing Ruth's 501 K's, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Ohtani and Ruth are the only players in major league history to strike out more than 500 batters while also hitting more than 100 homers. “I don’t know if he lost it exactly, but we found some holes, and he didn’t strike out as many as he usually does against us,” Houston manager Dusty Baker said.
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