Ohtani's four runs in five innings of greed also lost the shock without words, and fell to second place in 95 days of LAD in four consecutive losses

Aug 14, 2025

Ohtani's four runs in five innings of greed also lost the shock without words, and fell to second place in 95 days of LAD in four consecutive losses
LA Dodgers Shohei Ohtani starts and pitches in the bottom of the first inning against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium on the 14th (Korea time). AP Yonhap News



Ohtani's four runs in five innings of greed also lost the shock without words, and fell to second place in 95 days of LAD in four consecutive losses
Shohei Otani started the away game against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium on the 14th (Korea time) and is replaced after 2 outs in the 5th inning. AFP Yonhap News
Was five innings too much.

LA Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani scored the most runs since returning as a pitcher in his ninth appearance of the season.

Ohtani started three consecutive away games against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium on the 14th (Korea time) and allowed five hits and four runs in four ⅓ innings.




He pitched in the fifth inning for the first time since his first appearance of the season against the San Diego Padres on June 17, but was replaced after failing to overcome the crisis and missing the winning pitcher requirements.

Ohtani withdrew from a 5-4 lead and had no win or loss, but the team suffered a come-from-behind loss of 5-6 due to bullpen difficulties. Ohtani, who allowed two runs in the fifth inning, was also not free from the responsibility of the defeat.

With this, Ohtani gave up 21 hits and five walks in 23 ⅓ innings in nine games of the season, allowing nine runs, soaring his ERA from 2.37 to 3.47. He struck out seven and increased the number to 32 for the season. He marked a hit rate of 0.236 and WHIP 1.11.




The number of pitches reached 80 this season without four outs, but his control did not seem very good because he was hit with intensive hits, including home runs, and committed two wild pitches.

Ohtani's four runs in five innings of greed also lost the shock without words, and fell to second place in 95 days of LAD in four consecutive losses
Otani threw four ⅓ innings, his most since returning to the pitcher, allowing four runs. AP Yonhap News
His fastball speed of 32 pitches reached a maximum of 100.7 miles and an average of 98.4 miles. It was slightly faster than the season average of 98.2 miles. There are three more than 100 miles. Of the 38 swings by Angels hitters, 14 were swings and misses, with the ratio representing 37%. Sweeper (24), slider (10), sinker (7), curve (3), splitter (3), and cutter (1) were mixed evenly.

Ohtani, who took the mound in the bottom of the first inning with a 3-0 lead, got off to a strong start by striking out the leader Jack Neto with a foul tip. Neto's bat on the sweeper outside 85.3 miles on the sixth pitch from the full count became a foul tip.




Ohtani then struck out Mike Trout after dealing with a ground ball to second base. Trout met for the first time in two years and five months after facing off in the bottom of the ninth inning of the World Baseball Classic final in March 2023. Ohtani struck out the 86.8-mile sweeper on a full count, throwing it into the strike zone on his body. Trout backed away after being hit with nothing.

Ohtani's four runs in five innings of greed also lost the shock without words, and fell to second place in 95 days of LAD in four consecutive losses
Mike Trout struck out both times in his first big league showdown with Shohei Ohtani. AFP Yonhap News
However, Ohtani was shaken in the bottom of the second inning. He allowed a home run to right-center off the leadoff Taylor Ward. A 97.3 mile fastball was thrown into the middle of the fourth pitch. With a 102.9-mile batting speed and a 375-foot flying distance, he hit the billboard above the fence in right-center and fell inside. Ohtani's second homer of the season.

Ohtani, who then gave up a double to left-center to Yoan Moncada, handled Joe Adele with a fly to center field, caught Luis Renjipo with a sacrifice fly to right field and allowed an additional run. He then overpowered Logan Ohafi with a line drive to right field to finish the inning.

In the third inning, he lightly cooked three batters. He struck out leader Bryce Theodore with a sweeper outside 87.7 miles, struck out Neto with a fly ball to shortstop and Shanuel with a 77.8-mile curve ball outside the eighth.

In the bottom of the fourth inning with a 5-2 lead, Trout, the leadoff hitter, was put to rest with another strikeout. Trout looked at it in the distance as the fifth ball of the ball count 2B2S plugged the 100.7-mile fastball into the low strike zone outside, and the centripetal's hand went up without a doubt. Ohtani, who caught Ward on a groundout to the third base, then induced Moncada to strike out swinging, but sent him out to first base as he was not out due to wild pitches. Then, he committed a wild pitch again and was driven to second base with two outs, and passed Adele with a ground ball to shortstop without allowing a run.

However, Ohtani, who maintained a three-point lead, allowed two runs in the fifth inning. Ohtani, who was hit to the center by Ohafi and the right by Teodoshi after 1st base, allowed Neto to throw an 85.5-mile sweeper into the outside strike zone and a line drive double that fell inside the left foul line, and both homered.

In the end, he handed over the mound to Anthony Banda.

Ohtani's four runs in five innings of greed also lost the shock without words, and fell to second place in 95 days of LAD in four consecutive losses
Otani hits a right triple in the top of the first inning. ImagesYonhap News
The Dodgers allowed a turnaround in the bottom of the eighth inning when Justin Roblesky gave up two consecutive walks, followed by Edgard Enriquez, who took the mound, with a two-run timely hit.

With back-to-back walks by leading Trout and Ward, and second baseman Trout was forced out of the third base when Christian Moore bunt, with one out and runners on the first and second bases. Adele hit an infield hit that hit the pitcher and ran to the right side to load the bases with one out. Enriquez struck out Renjipo with a swing and miss, but two players homered when he was hit by the next batter, Ohafi.

Ohtani hit a triple on the right field line in the top of the first inning and then homered, but later struck out three of four at-bats. One hit, one walk, and one point in four times at bat.

The Dodgers lost seven consecutive games against the Angels for the first time in history, including six games this season.

He has been mired in a four-game losing streakJuss is 68-53, falling to second place in 95 days since May 11. San Diego, which won five consecutive games by beating San Francisco 11-1 on the day, took the lead in the NL West with 69 wins and 52 losses.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.