You're really throwing 100 miles! Ohtani's instinctive return to the mound was 2 hits and 1 wild pitch in 1 inning, and an average of 99.1 miles in fastballs
Jun 17, 2025
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Ohtani started the home game against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium on the 17th (Korea time) and pitched one inning.
He gave up two hits and allowed one run against five batters. There were four games with more than six pitches, including a full count, with 28 pitches. Among them, Ohtani had 16 strikes. When his team was losing 0-1 to left-hander Anthony Banda in the second inning, Ohtani ended his career as a pitcher. Soon after, he struck out in his first at-bat in the bottom of the first inning.
The one-inning pitch was scheduled in the sea. Ohtani, who planned to throw one or two innings based on 20 pitches, finished his return game with one inning.
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He threw a 99.1-mile four-seam fastball into the strike zone on the sixth pitch in the full count, but it was missed and became a hit in the middle of the right.
Ohtani threw a 97.6-mile sinker on the first pitch against Tatis. Sinker, sweeper, and four-seam fastball. However, the missed ball became a hit.
Tatis then advanced to second base with a wild pitch on the first pitch from left-handed batter Luis Arraez at-bat. The fastball, which became the fourth ball of the body, hit 100.2 miles. Ohtani attached a 98-mile fast sinker to Araez's body on the sixth pitch in the ball count 2B2S, but he got caught properly by the bat and flew to a 95.6-mile line drive and became a hit in front of center field. a crisis of first and third bases with no outs.
However, Ohtani threw Manny Machado 88.3 miles outside sweeper on the sixth pitch from the full count, caught him with a sacrifice fly to center field, and posted his first out count.
Gavin Sheets then grounded out to second base with a 98.9-mile fastball on the seventh pitch from the full count. The combination play of second baseman Tommy Edman and first baseman Frei Freeman stood out. Ohtani threw Xander Bogaerts in the middle of the 3rd pitch 95.4 miles and overpowered him with a groundout to third base to end the inning.
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Ohtani had a maximum fastball speed of 101.2 miles and an average of 96.8 miles during his 2023 Los Angeles Angels career. The turnover rate per minute of fastballs was 2,271 times, which was higher than 2,255 times in 2023. It is proof that he is in perfect physical condition.
Sweeper threw 10, averaging 86.6 miles, 2.9 miles faster than two years ago. In addition, he used eight sinkers and one splitter, respectively. The sinker speed was up to 98.8 miles and an average of 97.4 miles.
It is the first time in about a year and 10 months, or 663 days, that Ohtani has taken the mound in a major league practice since Game 1 of the doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds on August 24, 2023.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
