Ohtani is hitting .273 with 50 RBIs, and he is 3-1 with a 2.70 ERA in 10 starts, which matches his total during his AL Rookie of the Year campaign.
Ohtani won Japan’s home run derby in 2016, when he also was MVP of the second of Japan’s two All-Star Games.
Major League Baseball and the players’ association said 85.3 percent of tier 1 and 2 tier individuals had been fully vaccinated and 86.5 percent had received at least one dose.
Once a team reaches 85 percent vaccinations among tiers 1 and 2, it has the option to apply loosened protocols to tier 2.
Cleveland rallied by scoring six runs in the seventh inning and three runs in the eighth, but Richard Rodriguez pitched a scoreless ninth inning, striking out rookie slugger Bobby Bradley with runners on second and third to end the game.