Rookie Jeremy Peña walked with two outs to elicit a visit to the mound before Ohtani retired Michael Brantley on a groundout with his final pitch. Ohtani (1-2) didn’t allow a baserunner until Jason Castro lined a single to center field with one out in the sixth - it was his first hit of the season, and the only one Houston got in the game.
He had a different look about him - and the stuff equaled the look.' “That was a virtuoso performance from the beginning. The two-way star pitched perfect ball into the sixth inning, tied a career-best with 12 strikeouts and also had two hits and two RBIs to lead the Angels to a 6-0 shutout. “I think he just had enough of Houston giving him a hard time and he wanted to go out there tonight and do something about it, both on the mound and at the plate,' Maddon said. Watching the superstar's performance from his perch in the dugout, Los Angeles Angels manager Joe Maddon could feel Ohtani was determined to change his fortunes against the Astros on Wednesday night. HOUSTON – Shohei Ohtani was winless with a 5.92 ERA in six starts against the Houston Astros entering Wednesday's start.
