Thursday’s games changed the order of the top five of the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings just a bit. Aaron Judge and Juan Soto of the Yankees rank one and four respectively. Judge went one four three with a walk, while Soto drew a walk in a 3-2 Mariners win.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr.of the Blue Jays moves back into second place after a three for four with a walk and two home runs. He tied for the second highest game score of the day at 82. The Blue Jays won a two-hit shutout of the Rangers 4-0.

Brent Rooker, in third place sat idle with the Athletics on Thursday, as did Manny Machado and the Padres, Machado in fifth place.

Now ranking sixth, Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers posted a game score of 115. He went six for six with two doubles and three home runs, driving in ten runs in a 20-4 win over the Marlins. The 115 is the highest of the season, the third game score over 100 this year and the 23rc over 90. Historically, it is the second highest game score since 1920, second only to Dodgers great Shawn Green, who posted a score of 117 on May 23, 2002. Ohtani also broke Green’s single season Dodgers record for home runs, 49 in 2001

Although stolen bases do not count for the batting score, he stole two bases to give him 51 homers and 51stolen bases on the season. That makes him the first offensive player to hit 50 homers and steal 50 bases. He has not quite caught up with Ronald Acuna Jr. in terms of power-speed number. Ohtani is at 51. Acuna, with 41 homers and 73 steals in 2023 stands at 52.5.