Ohtani strikes for the cycle against the rays

The Los Angeles Angels named hitter Shohei Ohtani for the round on Thursday night against the Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Ohtani, the first Japanese player to hit the cycle, did it with a single in the seventh inning off Hunter Wood, a reliever from Tampa Bay. This followed a three-point circuit in the first, a double in the third and a triple in the fifth.

Ohtani joins Jorge Polanco as the only players to have scored for the cycle this season. He is the seventh player of different angels to hit for the cycle and the first since Mike Trout in 2013.

Ohtani is only the sixth player in MLB history to play in the ring as DH and the first since Jeff DaVanon (also for the Angels) in 2004.