JETAARM Night at Coors Field
JETAARM members cheer on Ohtani and witness a historically bad Rockies loss, but enjoy a beautiful evening at the ballpark
On Saturday, June 24th, JETAARM Members Christy Go, Elaine Martinez, and David LaCharite, along with some of their friends and family, attended the Colorado Rockies vs. Los Angeles Angels baseball game at Coors Field in Denver. Making only his third visit to Coors Field was Angels player and Japanese phenom player Shohei Ohtani. Since joining the Angels directly from the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of the Nippon Professional Baseball League in 2018, Ohtani has taken the American Major League Baseball world by storm with his elite level of play as both a pitcher and a hitter. No player in Major League Baseball history has simultaneously pitched and hit at Ohtani’s level since the legendary Babe Ruth over 100 years ago. And Ruth did both simultaneously for only about 5 years before he exclusively became a hitter. Saturday was a pitching rest day for Ohtani, so he only hit during the game.
JETAARM members in attendance mostly cheered for the Rockies, but also cheered along with the many Japanese fans in attendance when Ohtani stepped up to the plate. The game was a tough one for Ohtani and the Rockies. Ohtani batted seven times and only came away with a single. And the Angels beat the Rockies 25-1! Despite the final outcomes, we all enjoyed a lovely late June evening at the ballpark!
And for baseball stat nerds it was actually quite an interesting game to attend. A score of 25-1 in a Major League Baseball game is quite unusual and sure enough, it was a final score of historical significance. Consider the following stats per ESPN:
It was the largest margin of victory in Angel's history (nearly 10,000 games) and the largest margin of loss in the Rockies' history (nearly 5,000 games).
The Angels set team single-game records with 25 runs and 28 hits.
It was the largest run differential in a Major League Baseball game since 2007 and the third largest since 1900!
Even though the Angels outscored the Rockies 32-12 in the three games series, the Rockies won the other two games to win the series. According to ESPN, “It’s the second-worst run differential for a winning team in a series in MLB history, behind only the 1897 Louisville Colonels at negative-23.”
Ohtani had a tough night at the plate on Saturday. But in the other two games at Coors Field over the weekend, he was 5-9, with a double, triple, and homerun!
Unfortunately, this was Ohtani’s last scheduled trip to Coors Field this season. However, there is a rumor that if the Angels are out of playoff contention leading up to the August 1st trade deadline, another team may try to trade for him. If that team comes to Coors Field, we’ll definitely be going again! If not, we will organize another trip if he plays here next year.
