Angels Shohei Ohtani Hits For First Of Its Kind Cycle Vs. Rays

The Los Angeles Angels two-way player completed the feat with a seventh-inning single against Rays reliver Hunter Wood at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. 

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Ohtani homered against Ryan Yarbrough in the first inning, doubled against Yarbrough in the third and tripled against Yarbrough in the fifth.

The Angels announced Ohtani is the seventh player in franchise history to hit for the cycle and the first since Mike Trout did it in 2013.

“I’m simply very happy that I was able to accomplish this,” Ohtani said through interpreter Ippei Mizuhara (via MLB.com). “There have been so many other great Japanese players that have come before me. Being the first one to accomplish it, I’m really happy and it’s going to lead to a lot of confidence down the road.”

Trout was happy to see Ohtani join the list of cyclists. From MLB.com:

Better still for the Angels, they won the game 5-3.