Roberts looking into something and Ohtani looking at it sadly, the party of 50 homers and 50 strikeouts was ruined
Sep 17, 2025
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The Los Angeles Dodgers suffered an absurd defeat as if throwing away Shohei Ohtani's historic performance.
The Dodgers lost 6-9 to the Philadelphia Phillies at Dodger Stadium on the 17th (Korea time). The Dodgers, which led 4-0 until the fifth inning due to starting pitcher Ohtani's brilliant pitching, turned the tables because Justin Roblesky, the second pitcher who took the mound in the top of the sixth inning, allowed five runs at once, and tied the game again with Ohtani's home run, but Blake Trinen got down on his knees in the top of the ninth inning after a three-run hit.
Ohtani, who returned to the mound in June and made his 13th start of the season, announced that he returned as an ace by giving up only one walk in five innings and pitching a hitless and scoreless 'no-heater'. He struck out five with strong fastballs of up to 101.7 miles and an average of 99.2 miles.
Ohtani threw more than 80 pitches twice this year, with 68 pitches, which could be thrown in the sixth inning, but stopped pitching due to the self-set '5 innings limit'.
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Brandon Marsh then pulled Roblesky's 3rd 87.3-mile slider from the two-strike and connected it with a three-run shot that went well over the right fence, turning the tide to 5-4.
Even though Roblesky collapsed, the Dodgers bench left him with the mound for a long time. Only after giving up a hit to Bader did pitching coach Mark Pryor call the bullpen, and coach Pryor visited the mound when Schwarber's heavy hit came out. However, there was no change of pitcher.
Roberts seems to have made Roblesky face Philadelphia left-handed hitters Trio Schwaber, Harper and Marsh because he is a left-handed pitcher. But they all got hit hard.
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The Dodgers' batters, who had been in a lull, tied the game with difficulty in the bottom of the eighth inning. Leader Ohtani pulled a 90.2-mile cutter that dug into right-hander David Robertson's second pitch and went wide over the right fence. He hit his 50th home run of the season with a 37-degree launch angle, a 113.4-mile batting speed, and a 430-foot flying distance.
With this, Ohtani achieved a milestone of 50 home runs for the second consecutive year following last year (54). This is the sixth record after Babe Ruth, Mark Maguire, Ken Griffey Jr., Sammy Sosa and Alex Rodriguez.
The Dodgers tied the game 6-6 with Alex Cole's sacrifice fly to left field in a bases-loaded chance that made Teoscar Hernandez's double, Freddie Freeman's walk and Tommy Edman's left-handed hit.
However, closer Trinen got a left-handed double off Western Wilson after two outs in the top of the ninth inning, sent Bryson Statt to four pitches on purpose, and gave Marsan a superior three-run shot and bowed his head. Mashan lightly pulled a 91.2 mile body cutter on the fifth ball count 3B1S and connected it to an arch slightly over the right fence.
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In the end, Dodgers fans had to be satisfied with Ohtani's 'one-man show'. He missed his second win of the season, but lowered his ERA from 3.75 to 3.29, and increased his strikeouts to 54.
In particular, Ohtani became the first player in Major League history to achieve 50 homers and 50 strikeouts in a season at the same time. The 50-50 club is regarded as a historic achievement that is difficult to achieve unless it is Ohtani. The only player who struck out at least one as a pitcher in a season when he hit 50 home runs was the New York Yankees Babe Ruth in 1921. He hit 59 home runs that year, and he actually went out of business as a pitcher who went out of business in two games and threw nine innings, recording two strikeouts.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
