The Los Angeles Angels announced that Shohei Ohtani's next start will be Sunday at the Kansas City Royals.
That means Ohtani will have started a game on Sunday his first three times out.
He beat the Oakland Athletics in each of his first two starts, including a dazzling performance this past weekend when he took a perfect game into the seventh inning.
He went seven innings in that start, striking out 12 while walking one and allowing one hit.
Ohtani was not in the starting lineup for the Angels on Tuesday night, sitting against Texas Rangers starting lefty Martin Perez. But he grounded out as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning against Bartolo Colon in what ended up being a blowout victory for Los Angeles, 11-1.
"Good to get him off the bench, because when he's available that's something he might eventually do, is pinch hit,'' manager Mike Scioscia said. "So it's good to get him out there, and just get him acclimated to it.''
In the Angels' first home series last week, Ohtani homered in three consecutive games.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
