Baseball: Ohtani misses out on 10th win in Angels’ final home game

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Shohei Ohtani fell short in his attempt at yet another MLB record on Sunday, pitching dominantly but failing to get a win as the Los Angeles Angels lost their final home game of the season 5-1 to the Seattle Mariners. Ohtani, who was 9-2 in 22 starts entering Sunday, had a chance to match all-time great Babe Ruth as the only player in the American or National leagues to win 10 games as a pitcher while hitting 10 homers in the same season. The 27-year-old Japanese worked seven innings in a 10-strikeout, zero-walk performance, giving up only one run — a seventh-inning homer by rookie Jarred Kel…

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