大谷、打撃２冠確実に　三冠王は逃す―米大リーグ

　【デンバー時事】米大リーグ、ドジャースの大谷翔平は２９日にロッキーズ戦に出場し、レギュラーシーズン最終戦を終えて５４本塁打、１３０打点で２冠獲得を確実にした。この日は４打数１安打で打率はナ・リーグトップに立てず、三冠王の快挙はならなかった。
　今季、史上初の「５０本塁打、５０盗塁」を達成した大谷は最終戦で１盗塁を決め、「５４本塁打、５９盗塁」に伸ばして終えた。また、自身初のトリプルスリー（打率３割、３０本塁打、３０盗塁）も達成した。
　ナ・リーグ西地区で３連覇したドジャースは１０月５日からの地区シリーズに臨み、大谷はメジャー７年目で初めてプレーオフの舞台に立つ。（2024/09/30-15:31）

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is almost certain to clinch two of this season's three major batting titles for the National League in the U.S. Major League Baseball while failing to win the triple crown.
   In the 2024 regular season's final game for the Dodgers on Sunday, against the Colorado Rockies, Ohtani went one-for-four. The Japanese baseball phenom hit 54 home runs and scored 130 runs batted in this season, and his final batting average came to .310. He stole 59 bases.
   After Sunday's game, he said: "I wasn't thinking much about winning the triple crown. I didn't even know the gaps with players ahead of me. Instead, I concentrated on doing my best at the plate."
   After becoming the first-ever player in MLB history to achieve 50 homers and 50 stolen bases in a single regular season Sept. 19, Ohtani continued to increase his home runs and steals.
   The Dodgers won the National League West for the third straight year and will appear in the league's Division Series, which starts Saturday. Ohtani will play in the postseason series for the first time in his seven-year career in the MLB.