Ohtani scratched from start after arrival delayed by traffic

[ASFN Admin]

A traffic jam kept Shohei Ohtani from making it to the ballpark in time for his regular pregame pitching routine, and he was scratched from his scheduled start Thursday night against the Oakland Athletics and shifted to designated hitter. Because of an accident on the Bay Bridge that snarled traffic for one of the Angels' several buses and what had been a 45-minute trip became increasingly longer than planned, Ohtani returned to the hotel and wound up on Bay Area Rapid Transit — BART— and he then fell further behind schedule. “That kept pushing him back,” manager Joe Maddon said.

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