>> fans are hoping ohtani will repeat his historic season last year.e started on the mound with a strike-out in a scoreless first inning. and at the plate, he hit the first pitch but grounded out. ohtani allowed one run in the third inning but he struck out all three batters in the fourth. he had a total of nine strike-outs before leaving the game as pitcher in the middle of the fifth inning. in the eighth inning, ohtani hit a towering fly ball but his night ended without a hit. the astros beat the angels 3-1, and ohtani took his first loss of the year. >> translator: in my last at bat, i thought it might be a home run but i didn't hit it hard enough. i thought my swing was good, so i will focus on doing my best tomorrow. ♪ >>> moving now to the weather. residents of southeastern australia, including sydney, have seen significant floods cover their region. our meteorologist jonathon oh has more for there and elsewhere on our world weather report. >> hello. we have been monitoring this pattern of heavy rainfall that's been impacting the eastern areas of

and then on the hill, ohtani struck out 12 batters pitching five innings.0. >>> and in seattle, the visiting texas rangers pull off one of the toughest plays in baseball. mariners runners on first and second. caught off the bags after a low liner was snagged by texas first baseman nathaniel lowe who stepped on first base for the second out and tossed the ball over to second for the inning-ending third out and a rare 3-6 triple play. the rangers still fall to the mariners 4-2. >>> finally, an ugly incident at a college baseball game in texas yesterday afternoon. a runner rounding third base, during a go-ahead homerun trot in the 6th was tackled. you saw it, there tackled by the opposing pitcher and slams him. and the umpire suspended the game and that guy is playing the wrong sports and the player has possible expulsion and police are investigating the incident. it is not clear what triggered it beyond apparently a home run trot. time now for the weather. let's go to meteorologist bill karins. bill, that guy might get into football and he should shouldn't be

ohtani would be tagged for another rbi, with five of six runs allowed by the american league mvp overue jays hit three homeruns against the yankees the other night and last night, a different story. luis severino, three times. and he pitched five shutout innings. guerrero, well, again, in the eighth inning, the yankees split the four-game series against the jays with a 3-0 win. as they say baseball is here again, you can be a hero one day and be completely empty the next. the red sox home opener this afternoon. >>> 75 years to the day since jackie robinson broke baseball's color barrier with the brooklyn dodgers his legacy will be celebrated at major league ballparks across the country. all players will wear a dodger blue number 42 on the backs of jerseys and this year marks the 75th anniversary of robinson's debut but the 25th anniversary of then commissioner bud selig's announcement that robin sons's number 42 would be retired across the league and every player will wear it today. >>> the final nba playoff spots in each conference will be decided in tonight's play-in games. the winn

let's get our heads out of the american league east and talk about ohtani.perfect innings of baseball with 12 strikeouts. that's upside down in order, 5 in a row. he lost his no-hitter in the sixth inning with a bloop single, actually a sharp single to right. i would say this about him, joe, he is certainly one and maybe the only one in major league baseball where fans would actually line up and pay to see him play. he is incredible. he has a gift. he is magic. he is, i think, the most talented major league player of all of them this year and every year that he plays. he's incredible. i mean he hits, he throws, he fields, he runs the basis. he is not a five to a player, he is a ten to a player. look at that slider. nobody could hit it last night. >> it is just unbelievable. >> just an incredible performance. >> you know, mike, i don't think you could say this about any player, maybe hank aaron one or two years during his career, but we can say one thing about this extraordinary baseball player that you haven't been able to say about anybody else in the 120,

angels two-way sensation shohei ohtani made history on the first day of the new season, the reigning first player to both throw his team's first pitch of the season and base his first team's first pitch of the season as a hitter, the leadoff, went 0-4 at the plate and allowed one run and struck out nine from the mound, but his effort was not enough to put the angels past the astros, houston won it 3-1. >>> and in the nation's capital, the new york mets kicked off a new era under the manager buck showalter with a 5-1 win over the nationals. another 16 teams will begin their seasons today. including in this afternoon's opener in the bronx for the new york yankees, hosting your boston red sox. >>> now, to the 86th masters tournament in augusta, georgia. tiger woods is in the mix. after round one. an extraordinary story. the legendary golfer ended the day at a 1 under par 71. that leaves plenty of hope for a sixth green jacket come sunday. woods' tally is just over the average first round score for his five previous masters wins. that would be 70.8. tiger's day included three birdies and

and los angeles, phenom, ohtani will begin his american league mvp defense pitching and hitting for theaseball played in new york city today. the mets are opening their season on the road against the washington nationals and a wrecked forecast today has pushed today's season opener in the bronx between the yankees and the red sox tomorrow afternoon. and we can wait one more day. almost there. also postponed twins mariners, in minneapolis, the forecast not looking great there either. and speaking of forecasts, boy, that's a segue, time now for the weather and meteorologist bill karins. bill, give us a sense of what it is going to look like weather-wise, both in augusta, for the masters, and also in the northeast, red sox yankees, going to be able to play tomorrow? >> yes, well, first things first, the masters, i was just looking, two inches of rain overnight and the rain is just ending. they have maintenance work to do to get the tee times off at 8:00 a.m. this morning. it will be a very soft and soggy course if they get off on time this morning. let's get into what is happening, this se