Ohtani addresses the missed opportunities Dodgers had against the Texas Rangers, his recent struggles at the plate and more

The blue responses are our direct translation of Shohei's answers and the

are our commentary on the interpretation of Shohei's responses. Finally, we finish with a grade of the interpreter.

Kirsten: Shohei, just the last two nights, Robertson has been able to get the top of the order.What were you seeing from him and what just allowed him to be so effective against you all this evening?

Will: 2夜連続ロバートソンの中継ぎが抑えられていると思うんですけど何か特別なことをされているのですかと何か特徴があることがありますか?

[Translation]: Two nights in a row, Robertson reliever has held you guys down, is there something special he is doing something unique that he is doing?

Shohei: データ通りのピッチングというか特別変わったことはもちろんしていないとは思いますけどこちらがの特にアプローチがかみ合ってないのかなと思います。

[Translation]: As expected through the data, nothing unusual he is doing. I think we just don’t match up well against him.

Will: Yeah, there's nothing really surprising as the data kind of lays lays him out. He's just been able to execute the pitches and just getting me outs.

Kirsten: Did you feel like you were expanding the zone tonight or did you feel like it was just some really good pitches that he got you?

Will: 今晩はボール球にスイングしているのかいい球を投げられて抑えられているのかどちらだと思いますか?

[Translation]: Are you swinging at balls or is he making good pitches and striking you out?

Shohei:コーナーのピッチングは基本的には多いと思うそれがストライクになっているかどうかはだいぶ違いますしまあ今日の座席で言うならまあこちらがというとそのコーナーのピッチングがストライクになるケースの方が多かったかなと思います。

[Translation]: Basically, he hits the corners quite a bit and those are being called strikes makes a big difference because they were borderline. I think the pitches he was hitting in the corners were being called strikes.

Will: He's been able to execute side to side side some pitches you know pretty close some pitches maybe not exactly a strike, but overall he's been able to execute pretty well.

Reporter: Why were you guys having such a hard time with the Lorenzen tonight? I assume you're fairly familiar with him right?

Will: ロレンソンに対してちょっと苦戦しているとあるんですかねと？

[Translation]: Did you have difficulty against Lorenzen?

Shohei: バランスよく投げてもちろん来てるなというまあいいピッチングだったなとは思いますけどみんなでも打球速度もしっかり出てましたし、捉えるところはしっかり捉えていたと思うので。どちらか横にずれていれば抜けるような打球が結構多かったのかなとは印象的には思っています。

[Translation]: He had good balance in his pitching, he was pitching well but we were getting good contact and maybe if the hits went a couple more inches to the side they would have been through was the impression that I got.

Will: He's been able to mix his pitches really well throughout the outfield but we've been able to actually hit the ball pretty hard and it could have been a matter of a couple inches here and there. So, yeah.

Reporter: The home runs the last couple of nights. but overall, the last few weeks have not been very good. What have you been going through?

Will: 2試合連続でホームランを打っていますけどもなかなかこの数週間なかなか打てていなくてなんかどのような過程通ていますかね？パッティングに関して？

[Translation]: You have hit homeruns in 2 games in a row, but the last few weeks you hadn’t hit well. What was the process you took to get back on track?

Shohei: 長いシーズンなので良い時も悪い時もある

のはその通りなんですけど良くても悪くても次の試合

より良くなるように一打席一打席みんな考えている自分自身も考えていますみんな考えていると思うので良くない時っていうのは余計にそういうことは考えると思います

何が自分にとっては大事なのかというか、良くなるために必要なことを毎打席毎打席反省しながら次につなげれたらいいかなと思っています。

[Translation]: It is a long season, and there are good times and bad times is obvious. Even good or bad, we always try out best the next day each at bat. Each at bat we are thinking, I am thinking each at bat, we are all thinking each at bat. When times are bad, we unnecessarily think bad things. We are always thinking about what to improve and get better and correct each day.

Will: There's always going to be stretches of ups and downs as a team, personally, obviously when things aren't going well, that's the time when we really we put everything under a microscope so that it's, you know, my approach has been the same, just being able to put up quality at bats.