ANAHEIM, Calif.—Shohei Ohtani’s outing almost met an early end when he was struck by a comebacker in the first inning. Instead, he recovered and threw his most pitches since coming stateside in 2018. Ohtani allowed two runs, struck out eight and fired 117 pitches in seven innings as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Texas Rangers 3-2 on Sept. 3. The Japanese two-way star—who leads the majors with 42 homers—originally was supposed to start on Tuesday against the New York Yankees, but that was pushed back a couple of days after he was hit in the right hand by a pitch last Saturday against San Diego. He was hit in the same hand on a sharp grounder by Nate Lowe on Friday, but he was able to shake it off after being looked at by the trainers and throwing a couple warmup pitches. Ohtani went at least seven innings for …