DETROIT (AP) — Shohei Ohtani looked his manager in the eye and in just a few words, left no doubt of his intentions.“I’ll finish it,” Los Angeles Angels manager Phil Nevin recalled Ohtani telling him after the eighth inning of what became his first complete game in Major League Baseball. “He wanted it. I could see it, too.”Ohtani polished off his one-hit shutout of the Detroit Tigers, then continued his extraordinary day in the second game of Thursday’s doubleheader, hitting two homers to increase his major league-leading total to 38 before leaving the game with cramps.The two-way superstar became the first player to throw a shutout in one game of a doubleheader and hit one homer — much less two — in the other.“It’s certainly something I’ve never seen — I’m not sure at any level,” Nevin said.Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani prepares to bat during the third inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Tuesday, July 25, 2023, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS/Carlos OsorioHours before Ohtani delivered the message to his manager, the Angels delivered one of their own.The franchise, desperate to make the playoffs for the first time since 2014, made a
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