Slugging ace pitcher Shohei Otani, the Pacific League's 2016 MVP, returned to work on Tuesday, when he batted for the first time in nearly three months.Otani's last game with the Nippon Ham Fighters was on April 8, when he suffered a thigh-muscle injury after a thundering start to the season. In his long-awaited return, the left-handed-hitting slugger struck out swinging at a 2-2 changeup from rookie Ken Okamoto in the eighth inning of a 6-0 loss to the SoftBank Hawks at Yafuoku Dome."I went up there to get good swings," the 22-year-old Otani said. "It's not that easy to get a hit."Splittin…READ FULL ARTICLE
