His batting average is now 13.6 percent, but Shohei Ohtani (30) became the top scorer in the Major League Baseball. He is already at the top of the four batting categories in the league. His home run, which had slowed down a bit, resumed operation, surpassing the record of Hideki Matsui, the legendary Japanese baseball player. Now he can surpass the record of Ichiro, who remains as a teaching hitter in the Japanese and Major League Baseball.

Ohtani hit a two-run homer in the third inning at a home game against the New York Mets on Tuesday. In the bottom of the third inning, he hit a two-pitch slider thrown by Mets starter Adrian Houser, with runners on first base, to hit the homer over the center-right post. The flying distance measured 129 meters. It was his fifth homer in this season and his 176th career homerun. This time, Ohtani broke the record of most homeruns by a Japanese player in the Big League, Hideki Matsui (50), who had 175 homeruns in 10 Major League seasons. He made a new record in seven seasons after entering the Major League in 2018. On the day, Ohtani recorded two hits, two RBIs, two runs and one four walks from three times at bat, including one homer. He had hits in the recent seven consecutive games and got on base in 20 consecutive games. He was sluggish briefly right after the opening game, but is recovering his true appearance.

As of Sunday, Ohtani is leading the league in these four categories with a batting average of 368, 35 hits, 11 doubles, and a total of 112 hits. At the current pace, he has 236 hits in this season. More than 230 hits in this season will be the most since Ichiro, who had 200 or more hits in 10 consecutive years for the first time in the Major League, recorded 238 hits in 2007.

He also has 33 home runs and stolen bases. "It is not a dream for Ohtani to achieve triple cruises in batting this season," Japanese media outlet FullCount said. "Ronald Acuña Jr. of Atlanta achieved it last season, but Ohtani deserves to set the first record in both Japan and the U.S."

"Otani was noted for his negative numbers with a scoring average of around 10% at the beginning of the season, but he has already won four league titles," the media said. "There are also on-base rates (431, 3rd place) and OPS 1.094 (2nd place), so attention is being paid to how far the number will increase."

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