For the past few weeks, it had seriously felt like Angels star Shohei Ohtani was hitting home runs on a daily basis. The pitching and hitting phenom leads the league with 31 homers, but Monday’s matchup with the Red Sox did not include a Ohtani dinger, sadly.
It did, however, have its share of trash talk from Red Sox reliever Adam Ottavino.
As the Angels rallied from four runs down against Boston to cut the deficit to a run, Ohtani was at the plate with two outs and runners on second and third in the ninth. Ohtani would end up smoking a line drive right into the shift in shallow right field to end the game.
I'd like to thank the New York Yankees organization for giving us Adam Ottavino pic.twitter.com/lAZaS7Bvss
— Hayato 🤨💭 (@realRedSox) July 6, 2021
But keep an eye on Ottavino after he got Ohtani to hit into the final out. It sure looked like he had some choice words for the Angels star.
What’s up with Ottavino talking trash to Ohtani? @Jomboy_ some solid lip reading material here. pic.twitter.com/Mx3gfpGwfq
— Sam Spangler (@SamSpanglerHI) July 6, 2021
Some lip-reading guesses had Ottavino referencing Ohtani’s birthday, which was Monday, in a NSFW manner.
Adam Ottavino yelled at Shohei Ohtani, “Bye bye, fucking happy birthday, bitch” after the last out. pic.twitter.com/g8aCimxxUg
— csshen1227 (@csshen1227) July 6, 2021
But still, that was a pretty odd reaction from Ottavino. He has every right to be pumped about recording the save against one of the game’s most dangerous hitters. But there’s a difference between celebrating and blatantly taunting an opponent for no reason.
Ottavino crossed that line.
