Japanese rookie Shohei Ohtani closed in on a career-high single-season home run tally when he hit his 21st of 2018 in the Los Angeles Angels' 5-4, 11-inning victory over the Texas Rangers on Monday.Ohtani has only produced one comparable season at the plate in his professional career, hitting 22 homers in 104 games for the Nippon Ham Fighters in 2016.In his first at-bat at Angel Stadium on Monday, Ohtani sent the first pitch he faced from Rangers starter Adrian Sampson over the right-field fence to open the Angels' scoring."It was good I was able go strongly from first pitch. It was good to…READ FULL ARTICLE
