Happy birthday! 3K 162.4km Ohtani 2 scoreless innings, and when replaced, he came from behind to lose LAD 46 HOU like a ghost
Jul 06, 2025
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Ohtani started against the Houston Astros at Dodger Stadium on the 6th (Korea Standard Time), giving up one hit in two innings and striking out three to score no runs. However, the Dodgers then allowed Justin Roblesky, who took the mound, to turn the tables and eventually fell to his knees 4-6.
Of the 31 pitches, 21 strikes. His fastball speed of 14 pitches reached a maximum of 100.9 miles (162.4 kilometers) and an average of 97.9 miles. The average was 0.8 miles down from 98.7 miles in the previous three games, but it still spoke more than 100 miles, signaling a return to the powerful fireballer.
Ohtani, who took the mound on his birthday for the first time in eight years since entering the Major League, cooked two innings close to perfection. He had a 1.50 ERA, a 0.200 hit rate and a 0.83 WHIP in four games, and threw six innings, giving up four hits and one walk, and striking out six.
Ohtani, who pitched one inning against the San Diego Padres in his return game on the 17th of last month, pitched one inning against the Washington Nationals on the 23rd and two innings with 27 pitches against the Kansas City Royals on the 29th. And as a starting pitcher, he exceeded 30 pitches that day, he focused on strengthening his stamina.
However, Ohtani is still pitching under the concept of 'Opener'. However, as the bullpen consumes a lot, he and the Dodgers are waiting for him to make himself in a condition where he can throw more than five innings as soon as possible. On the 29th of last month, the Dodgers also lost 5-9 against Kansas City because second pitcher Ben Caspariers allowed six runs in four innings after Ohtani pitched two scoreless innings.
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Houston's star Jose Altuve then threw an 82-mile sweeper to the outside ball on the second pitch, which was pulled too far in front of shortstop Mookie Betts. The number of pitches in the first inning was 10.
In the second inning, when Mookie Betts took the mound with a 1-0 lead with a solo home run in the bottom of the first inning, he further raised his fastball speed and added power. All three batters struck out. When Ohtani came in after pitching in the third inning, local SportsNetLA shouted "Happy Birthday, Ohtani" and Dodger Stadium organist Dieter Buley played "Happy Birthday" to celebrate his birthday.
He threw a 87-mile slider in the seventh pitch from the full count to the low strike zone to induce a swing and miss. He then dragged left-handed batter Victor Caratini to the full count, lowered the 86.4 mile sweeper to the body on the seventh pitch and struck out swinging again. The four-pitch four-pitch fastball was 100.9 miles, the highest speed of the day.
And right-handed batter Yandy Diaz threw an 86.2 mile sweeper low outside on the seventh pitch at the ball count of 1B2S, striking out swinging again. Diaz bullied Ohtani by kicking five consecutive fouls, but he was completely deceived by the ball sweeper.
The Dodgers added a point with Miguel Rojas' timely hit in the bottom of the second inning to take a 2-0 lead and replaced the mound with Roblesky in the third inning.
Ohtani scored one hit and one walk in four at-bats as a batter. He was hitless and hit a leadoff hitter in the ninth inning, pulling Houston closer Josh Hader's 7th pitch slider of 85.3 miles to the body, leading to a clean right-handed hit. He marked a batting average of 0.281 (97 hits in 345 at-bats), 30 homers, 56 RBIs, 86 runs, 12 steals, and 1.001 OPS.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
