Because I worked so hard on live pitching? What's wrong with the man of June Ohtani, the leader of 9G consecutive cannon silences, three rounds in Raleigh

Jun 12, 2025

Because I worked so hard on live pitching? What's wrong with the man of June Ohtani, the leader of 9G consecutive cannon silences, three rounds in Raleigh
LA Dodgers Shohei Ohtani is striking out swinging in the top of the seventh inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on the 12th (Korea time). AFP Yonhap News



LA Dodgers Shohei Ohtani is rarely running a cannon. The prowess that once led the home run race has disappeared.

Ohtani played as a leadoff designated hitter against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on the 12th (Korea time) and recorded one hit, one run and two strikeouts in five at-bats. He had to settle for a three-base hit in his last at-bat to continue his eight-game hitting streak.

Ohtani's most recent home run is a 414-foot solo shot that pulled right-hander Max Kranick's first pitch in the bottom of the seventh inning at home against the New York Mets on the 3rd and put it deep in the bullpen behind the right fence. At that time, Ohtani nodded twice as he watched the ball stretch out and started running on the base. It was very unusual for him to openly show a gesture to be sure of a home run.




However, since then, he has failed to add a home run in nine consecutive games. The home run ranking, which was once the lone lead, is now third after Seattle Mariners Carrolli (26) and New York Yankees Aaron Judge (24). Raleigh became the lone lead when he hit his 24th home run of the season against the Baltimore Orioles on the 6th, and Judge pushed Ohtani to second place with his 24th of the season with a 469-foot mega two-run shot against the Kansas City Royals on the 11th.

Because I worked so hard on live pitching? What's wrong with the man of June Ohtani, the leader of 9G consecutive cannon silences, three rounds in Raleigh
Otani is preparing to hit in his first at-bat in the top of the first inning. AP Yonhap News
Ohtani struck out swinging in his first at-bat in the top of the first inning. He misplayed the bat on opposing right-hander Randy Vazquez's high 94.6 miles fastball. In the third inning, trailing 0-1, the first baseman hit Vazquez's sweeper in the middle of the first pitch, but it was a fly high toward left field. In the fifth inning, when the score was tied at 1-1, he grounded out to shortstop.

He struck out swinging again in the seventh inning with a 4-2 lead. Left-hander Yuki Matsui's 85.8-mile slider missed the bat. Matsui threw sliders on all four balls to Ohtani, one of which was a ball and the other three were swings and misses.




However, Ohtani hit a triple with one out in the ninth inning and scored. He drew a slider in the middle of left-hander Wandy Peralta's 87.7 miles of first pitch and recorded a triple to the right-center that fluttered like a clothesline with an angle of 18 degrees and a batting speed of 106.2 days. his fifth triple of the season. He then homered during Will Smith's right-handed hit, widening the gap to 5-2, sealing the game.

With this, Ohtani recorded a season batting average of 0.290 (78 hits in 269 at-bats), 23 home runs, 39 RBIs, 68 points, 41 walks, 77 strikeouts, 11 steals, a on-base percentage of 0.383, a slugging percentage of 0.625, and an OPS of 1.008. Although he succeeded in hitting in eight consecutive games, his batting average (0.2899) has virtually collapsed in the 290 range, and his one-run OPS is on the verge of collapse. If you don't hit a home run, OPS, whose slugging percentage accounts for an absolute percentage, will fall.

Because I worked so hard on live pitching? What's wrong with the man of June Ohtani, the leader of 9G consecutive cannon silences, three rounds in Raleigh
Otani hits a right-center triple in the ninth inning and steps on the base before third baseman Manny Machado's tag. AP Yonhap News
SportsNetLA's Joe Davis and Orell Hershiser, who broadcast the day, continued to swing and miss Matsui's manned ball in the seventh inning of Ohtani's at-bat. "Otani's batting average was 0.238 in June until his previous at-bat, which was very low for him, in 11 games. "It would be a choice of pitches amid eight consecutive home runs, the longest this season, but the bat is chasing the manned ball." It means that the batting is not good.




Ohtani is batting .250 (11 hits in 44 at-bats) with one homer, an RBI, five runs scored, and an OPS of 0.729 in 11 games in June. Ohtani was strong in June in previous years. He hit a batting average of 0.293 with 12 home runs and 24 RBIs in June last year, and hit 15 home runs and 29 RBIs with a batting average of 0.394 in 2023. I've never been silent in June like this year.

Ohtani, who is only playing as a batter, is in full swing pitching to return to the pitcher in June. On the 11th, he played live pitching of 44 balls before the game at Petco Park, giving a glimpse of the possibility of returning in the first half. This series of processes can also affect the hit.

In the midst of this, the Dodgers won 5-2 to mark three consecutive away games against San Diego with a 2-1 winning series and keep their lead in the NL West with 41 wins and 28 losses. The Dodgers took a 4-1 lead in the top of the sixth inning with Teoscar Hernandez's three-run homer to the center.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.