Shohei Ohtani had a Priceless Reaction to Striking Out Mike Trout for Final Out of WBC

This was awesome.

Andy Nesbitt

Shohei Ohtani had a Priceless Reaction to Striking Out Mike Trout for Final Out of WBC

The 2023 World Baseball Classic had been so fun the past few weeks so it was only fitting that the final out came to two of baseball's best players - Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout - squaring off in the final at-bat of a what was a great championship game between Japan and Team USA in Miami.

Seriously, that ending couldn’t have been written any better - the two Angels teammates went to a 3-2 count with two outs in one-run game in the top of the ninth before Ohtani got his Angels teammate swinging at strike three to give Japan a 3-2 win.

Ohtani’s immediate reaction - throwing his glove and hat - was so good:

There it is! Japan wins the WBC for the 3rd time in history! 🇯🇵

🏆🏆🏆 pic.twitter.com/4iwSRlqU9D
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) March 22, 2023

What a moment. What a game. What a tournament.

Andy Nesbitt

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.