Singer Gwen Stefani Loved the Way How MLB Star Shohei Ohtani Flipped his Bat. Indeed, She is a Big Fan

Shohei Ohtani got a crazy female fan, the very famous singer, Gwen Stefani. On Monday against the Yankees, the star pitcher homered in the seventh inning to cut Los Angeles’ deficit to two runs and electrify the Angels Stadium crowd, which included a Grammy Award-winning singer, Gwen Stefani. Indeed she is a fan and there is “No Doubt” about it at all.

Ohtani tossed his bat in the air before reaching the bases to tie the game, 3-3, as Stefani yelled and applauded from the stands.

Stefani, sporting an Angels shirt with the number seven and her last name sewn across the back, captured Ohtani’s MLB-leading 35th home run on her phone while grinning widely.

“It was the most emotion I’ve seen on the field I’ve seen from him,” according to MLB, Angels manager Phil Nevin described Ohtani.

 

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“It was awesome. Just an incredible deal there. When your superstar steps up in moments like that and something like that happens, it’s not only what it does for the whole place but what it does for the dugout.”

After losing their advantage, the Yankees went on to lose the game 4-3 in extra innings as a result of the pivotal at-bat.

The Yankees chose to pitch to Ohtani this time even though they had deliberately walked him in his previous at-bat in the fifth inning.

When Ohtani crushed the two-run drive over the fence in left-center field, reliever Michael King was ahead in the count, 1-2.

The choice by the Yankees to pitch to what is perhaps the league’s best offensive talent was made with no regrets, according to manager Aaron Boone.

 

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When asked if walking Shohei Ohtani prior to the game-tying blast was a consideration, Boone replied, “No, no.”

“Maybe if he had gotten to second base and fallen behind in the count or something, but not there.”

Tuesday’s second game of the three-game series was won by the Angels, 5-1, giving Stefani additional reasons to celebrate.

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