Los Angeles Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani in the top of the third inning hit like a pitcher striking out swinging against the San Francisco Giants at the Big A in Anaheim on Wed Aug 9, 2023 (AP News photo)

On the San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca:

#1 On Wednesday Los Angeles Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani threw for six plus innings, gave up one unearned run and picked up his tenth win against the San Francisco Giants for a 4-1 victory. Ohtani reportedly was tiring he’s been doing it all as a two way player, playing everyday as a DH or pitching every other day.

#2 Ohtani set a record becoming the first player with multiple seasons with ten wins and ten home runs surpassing Babe Ruth.

#3 Ohtani also is the only player to have ten wins and 40 home runs in one season. Needless to say the Babe and Ohtani are once in a generation type players.

#4 The Giants accounted for their only run on Angels catcher’s Matt Thaiss’ throwing error that allowed Michael Conforto to advance to third and Conforto scored on Brandon Crawford’s sac fly. Ironically Thaiss said that Ohtani didn’t have his best stuff and fought through the whole game and was simply fatigued.

#5 Giants get the day off on Thursday and open a three game series against the Texas Rangers on Friday night at Oracle Park with a 7:15pm first pitch. Rangers manager Bruce Bochy makes first 2023 appearance at Oracle a place he led the Giants to three World Series it has to be something special for him each time he comes back to the City.

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