Shohei Ohtani passes Babe Ruth to set record for most pitching strikeouts by a player with 100 home runs

Los Angeles Angels two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani served up his latest helping of baseball history during his Tuesday night start against the reigning champion Astros (HOU-LAA GameTracker). During his last trip to the mound, Ohtani joined the luminous Babe Ruth as the only player ever to register 500 career strikeouts as a pitcher and 100 home runs as a hitter. Ohtani entered his Tuesday start one shy of Ruth’s total of 501 strikeouts (some outlets credit Ruth with 488 strikeouts as a pitcher, but Elias credits him with 501), and it didn’t take him long to log the two strikeouts…