What happened to Ohtani? The starting lineup was canceled in a surprise move, and he played in DH with a 193.2km home run and was in a difficult condition
Sep 04, 2025
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The Dodgers announced Ohtani as the starter of Game 2 of the three away games against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park at 7:40 a.m. on the 4th (Korea time), but announced that they would replace him with the Emmett deadline with 1 hour and 30 minutes left before the start of the game.
However, as a batter, he will play as usual as a designated hitter for leadoff.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told local media that Otani had been in bad shape since the day before yesterday. He said he didn't feel good about the bullpen pitching. But there's no problem playing" he said.
Although Ohtani has not been confirmed yet, Roberts predicted that he will take the mound this weekend, that is, during the three consecutive away games against the Baltimore Orioles on the 6th and 8th.
Ohtani became the winning pitcher for the first time since returning to the mound and the first time since wearing a Dodgers uniform in a home game against the Cincinnati Reds on the 28th of last month with two hits and two walks in five innings. It was his 11th starting game since returning as a pitcher in mid-June. At that time, Ohtani struck out nine, the most this season, with his curve and slider-oriented pitching, and threw 87 pitches, which were also season-high.
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With one out and no runner in the top of the third inning, trailing 1-4, Ohtani drove Pittsburgh right-hander Bubba Chandler to a ball count of 3B1S and pulled a 99.2-mile fastball flying in the low strike zone on his fifth pitch to well over the right fence.
The ball, which flew at a launch angle of 23 degrees and 120 miles (193.1 kilometers), was inserted 373 feet away from the stands inside the right foul pole. 46th Archie of the season.
The batting speed is the fastest record in Ohtani's major league career. He hit his first 120-mile-high ball in his career, exceeding 119.2 miles of his right-handed hit in the top of the second inning against the Toronto Blue Jays on April 28 last year. Among the homers, he exceeded his superior solo shot (118.7 miles) in the top of the ninth inning against the Washington Nationals on April 24 last year by 1.3 miles.
He was also the third fastest hitter among all hitters this season, following Pittsburgh's O'Neill Cruz (122.9 miles) and Toronto's Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (120.4 miles).
In particular, this home run was recorded as the fastest batting speed in Dodgers history since 2015 when Statcast began measuring the batting speed. It is also the sixth fastest batting speed ever among homers.
Ohtani will go down in history as a pitcher throwing a fastball of more than 100 miles and a batter hitting like a 120-mile missile.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
