Ohtani, a batter who has to throw a ball to improve his quality, has four hits, seven RBIs, three runs and the first true record in 125 years of history

Jun 23, 2025

Ohtani, a batter who has to throw a ball to improve his quality, has four hits, seven RBIs, three runs and the first true record in 125 years of history
LA Dodgers Shohei Ohtani starts the game against the Washington Nationals at Dodger Stadium on the 23rd (Korea time) and throws the ball vigorously. ImagesYonhap News



Ohtani, a batter who has to throw a ball to improve his quality, has four hits, seven RBIs, three runs and the first true record in 125 years of history
Otani hits a two-run shot over the middle of the eighth inning. AP Yonhap News
Standing on the mound doesn't make you feel weak at bat.

LA Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani continued his run toward MVP by showing off clean pitching and powerful hitting in the second game of 'Double Throwing and Throwing."

Ohtani started in the final game of the three consecutive home games against the Washington Nationals at Dodger Stadium on the 23rd (Korea time), and pitched well as a pitcher by blocking one inning with no hits, no runs, and two strikeouts. As a batter, he gave two hits, five RBIs, three runs and one walk in four at-bats, including a home run, helping his team win 13-7.




First of all, Ohtani took the mound in the top of the first inning and faced four batters. Ohtani, who grounded out the lead CJ Abrams to the first base, guided left-handed batter James Wood to a fly high in the infield. However, shortstop Betts made a mistake behind the mound and missed it. Betts seemed to have been interrupted by the sunlight.

However, Ohtani struck out Luis Garcia Jr. for the first time of the season, striking out Luis Garcia Jr. with an 85.9-mile swifter on the fifth pitch in a 2B2S ball count. He then threw a wild pitch at the batter's box with left-handed hitter Nathaniel, but he struck out swinging with an 88.3-mile cutter on the seventh pitch in the ball count 2B2S to end the inning.

The number of pitches was 18, and the fastball speed of six pitches was up to 98.8 miles and an average of 97.9 miles. In the game against the San Diego Padres, who returned to the mound on the 17th, he had a maximum of 100.2 miles and an average of 99.1 miles.




Ohtani, a batter who has to throw a ball to improve his quality, has four hits, seven RBIs, three runs and the first true record in 125 years of history
Otani pitched four hitless, scoreless, and two strikeouts in one inning. AP Yonhap News
At the plate, I was more encouraged.

Ohtani, who struck out swinging in the bottom of the first and third innings in a row, drew a walk with no outs and second base in the bottom of the sixth inning, trailing 0-3, and then homered during Max Muncy's grand slam in left-center with the bases loaded continuously. Dodgers' 4-3 upset.

In the seventh inning, when he hit a triple with no outs, he brought all three home. Onati, who strode around the base after hitting right-hander Ryan Lutos' low 87.5-mile slider with a triple running on the right-wing line, settled on third base and shook his arms at the 7-3 margin, ensuring victory.




And in the last at-bat of the eighth inning, when the game was 11-3, he fired a congratulatory shot. With one out and a runner on the first base, right-hander Jackson Rutledge hit a 95.2 mile fastball outside the second pitch to slightly over the left-center fence. The high-flying ball at a launch angle of 37 degrees and 101.3 miles fell into the ground after being hit by a male fan's glove, and was initially declared a double, but was corrected for a home run through the challenge. His 26th home run of the season was 383 feet.

It is the first time in eight days that Ohtani hit a home run since the San Francisco Giants game on the 15th.

Ohtani, a batter who has to throw a ball to improve his quality, has four hits, seven RBIs, three runs and the first true record in 125 years of history
Otani hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning and is welcomed by third base coach Dino Ebel. AP Yonhap News
Ohtani allowed two hits and one run in one inning against San Diego on the 17th, and hit two hits, two RBIs and one walk in four at-bats. So, on the day of pitching and hitting, he made four hits, seven RBIs, three runs and two walks in eight at-bats, including one home run.

With this, Ohtani marked a batting average of 0.291 (89 hits in 306 at-bats), 26 home runs, 49 RBIs, 76 runs, 48 walks, 0.390 on-base percentage, 0.624 slugging percentage, and 1.014 OPS. It ranks first in NL home runs, runs, slugging percentage, and OPS. The RBI jumped to a tie for 15th place.

According to MLB.com , Ohtani is the first player since 1900 to hit at least one home run and at least one triple in both games as a pitcher. Ohtani started against the Baltimore Orioles on May 16, 2023, when he was with the Los Angeles Angels, and allowed four hits and five runs in seven innings, and as a batter, he hit four hits, three RBIs and three runs in five at-bats, including a solo home run and a triple.

After the game, Ohtani took the mound earlier than expected, and in some ways, I feel like I have to do a few more things. But at the same time, I feel like I'm going to be better than before. " (I think the build-up as a pitcher) is slowly in progress. I'm hoping the ball's pitch will improve and I want more innings. So it's slowly progressing."

The Dodgers led the NL West with 48 wins and 31 losses.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.