Angels' Shohei Ohtani makes first start of second half vs. A's
権利-hander Shohei Ohtani will make his first start of the second half at the same 場所／位置 as the first start of his Major League Baseball career when he gets the ball for the visiting Los Angeles Angels in the opener of a two-game series against the Oakland 運動競技のs on Monday night.
Lefty Cole Irvin (6-8, 3.65 ERA) is scheduled to pitch for the A's, who are coming off 支援する-to-支援する losses and now find themselves challenged by both the Seattle 水夫s and Angels for second place in the American League West.
The Angels lost two of three at home to the 殺到するing 水夫s に引き続いて the All-星／主役にする break, games in which Ohtani, the All-星／主役にする Game starting 投手, 焦点（を合わせる）d on hitting.
The AL leadoff man in the midseason showcase last Tuesday after having 参加するd in the Home Run Derby the night before, Ohtani ホームランd for the first time in 15 地位，任命する-break plate 外見s off Seattle's Paul Sewald in the ninth inning of Sunday's 7-4 loss.
Ohtani had been 2-for-12 with two 打点s, two walks and seven strikeouts in the series before the late （人が）群がる-pleaser.
The ホームラン was Ohtani's 34th of the season and 81st of his career. Ten of the 81 have come against the A's, but just three in Oakland.
He's 直面するd Irvin six times already this season, going 2-for-6 with a ホームラン. His other 攻撃する，衝突する was a bunt 選び出す／独身.
The 27-year-old has pitched four times against Oakland in his career, going 2-2 with a 5.21 ERA. He has struck out 23 in 19 innings.
The only ホームラン he has 降伏するd to a member of the A's （機の）カム in the second inning of his first MLB start on April 1, 2018 in Oakland. Matt Chapman did the 損失, although the Angels （機の）カム out on 最高の，を越す that day 7-4, with Ohtani getting his first MLB 勝利，勝つ.
Ohtani (4-1, 3.49) 苦しむd a 3-1 loss at Oakland in May, 許すing all three of the runs in six innings. He was outdueled that day by Sean Manaea.
When he wasn't scheduled to pitch in the Seattle series, the busiest of the All-星／主役にするs couldn't have been surprised. In fact, he 基本的に 予報するd it last Monday before his ホームラン derby/leadoff-乱打する/starting-投手 trifecta in Denver.
"I'm 推定する／予想するing to be pretty 疲労，（軍の）雑役d and exhausted after these two days," he said. "But there's a lot of people that want to watch it, and I want to make those guys happy, so that's what I'm going to do."
By 押し進めるing 支援する to the Oakland series, he will be seeing an A's team that had trouble putting runs on the scoreboard while losing two of three at home to the Cleveland Indians to open the second half. Oakland was 限られた／立憲的な to a total of four runs on 11 攻撃する，衝突するs in 連続した 敗北・負かすs over the 週末.
"We feel like we're healthier and have a deeper 顔触れ. We just 港／避難所't seen the results yet," A's 経営者／支配人 （頭が）ひょいと動く Melvin 公式文書，認めるd when asked if he was considering changes in the wake of Sunday's 4-2 loss. "Every day we go out there, I feel we're going to 勃発する of it."
Irvin has lost just once in his last seven starts, a stretch during which he's pitched to a 2.95 ERA. He had a no-決定／判定勝ち（する） in an 8-4 home 勝利，勝つ over the Angels in that run, a game in which he 許すd four runs in 5 2/3 innings.
The 27-year-old has gone 0-1 with a 6.17 ERA in two career starts against the Angels.
--Field Level マスコミ
