Ohtani, who threw 93 pitches in 18 innings, was hit by a two-run shot by Guerrero and was on the verge of losing his first appearance on WS in 6 innings

Oct 29, 2025

Ohtani, who threw 93 pitches in 18 innings, was hit by a two-run shot by Guerrero and was on the verge of losing his first appearance on WS in 6 innings
Otani strikes out Vladimir Guerrero Jr. with a swing and miss in the top of the first inning. AFP



LA Dodgers Shohei Ohtani faced a losing crisis in his first World Series appearance game.

Ohtani started Game 4 of the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays at Dodger Stadium on the 29th (Korea time) and pitched six hits, one walk, six strikeouts, and four runs in six innings before leaving the mound.

He pitched 93 pitches, and his fastball speed averaged up to 99.0 miles and 97.5 miles. The average speed was 0.9 miles slower than the season's 98.4 miles, perhaps due to the relatively short rest such as sleep due to the 18th overtime and 6:39 p.m. of the previous day's blood fight.




Ohtani, who threw 93 pitches in 18 innings, was hit by a two-run shot by Guerrero and was on the verge of losing his first appearance on WS in 6 innings
Tani Shohei pitches in the top of the sixth inning. AFP Yonhap News
Ohtani, who got off to a clean start in the top of the first inning by catching the lead, Nathan Lucas, on a foul fly by left fielder Kieke Hernandez, struck out Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on three pitches. Ear bobby??After walking B after a full count, he allowed a third baseman infield hit to Addison Bazer, but he handled Alejandro Kirk with a fly to first base and finished the inning scoreless.

Ohtani finished the top of the second inning lightly with seven balls. He silenced leadoff Dalton Basho with a fly ball to shortstop, Ernie Clement with a grounder to first base, and Andres Jimenez with a grounder to pitcher.

The Dodgers' batters scored the first run with Kike's sacrifice fly to right field in the bottom of the second inning with one out and runners on the first and third bases, leading 1-0.




However, Ohtani gave Lucas a right-handed hit after one out in the third inning and was hit by Guerrero's come-from-behind two-run shot. The 85.1 mile sweeper on the fourth pitch in the 2B1S was a real throw into the middle high course. Guerrero's seventh home run this fall with a driving distance of 395 feet.

Ohtani had his first homer in three Major League postseason games. However, Ohtani caught both subsequent hitters with missteps and soon found stability.

Ohtani, who threw 93 pitches in 18 innings, was hit by a two-run shot by Guerrero and was on the verge of losing his first appearance on WS in 6 innings
Guerrero Jr. is looking at the ball with Ohtani after hitting a come-from-behind two-run home run in the top of the third inning. AFP Yonhap News
He also struck out all three batters in the fourth inning with momentum. He struck out Kirk with a 79.2-mile curve, Vyashaw with a 79.4-mile curve, and Clement with a 96.3-mile fastball.




Ohtani, who struck out the lead Jimenez in the fifth inning and silenced Isaiah Kiner-Falefa with a fly ball to left field, gave up a hit to Lucas, but overpowered Guerrero with a fly to center field to end the inning. In the sixth inning, he threw 14 pitches, beating Bissett, Bazer, and Kirk with fly balls, ground balls, and strikeouts, respectively, and continued his good pitching.

However, Ohtani was replaced after being hit with a concentrated hit in the seventh inning, which exceeded 90 pitches. Ohtani, who allowed a right-handed hit to the leadoff Basho, gave Clement a double that hit the left-center fence, driving him to the second and third bases with no outs. In the end, manager Dave Roberts went up to the mound, lowered Ohtani, and called up left-hander Anthony Banda.

Banda gave up a left-handed hit to Jimenez, followed by Kiner-Falefa's straight out to third base, but he allowed third baseman Clement to score as he grounded out to second base with one out and runners on first and third, increasing Ohtani's run to four.

With two outs and runners on the first and second bases, the Dodgers are third pitcher Blake Trinen??The gap widened to 1-6 due to consecutive timely hits by the past and the baser.

Ohtani, who threw 93 pitches in 18 innings, was hit by a two-run shot by Guerrero and was on the verge of losing his first appearance on WS in 6 innings
Otani is striking out rookie in the bottom of the fifth inning. AFP Yonhap News
'Batter' Ohtani took the batter's box in the bottom of the first inning, and Ohtani walked straight off Toronto right-hander Shane Bieber to get on base. The outside 90-mile changeup on the sixth pitch from the full count seemed to span the strike zone, but the hands of centripetal John Tompain did not go up.

Ohtani, who got on base for all nine at-bats the previous day, including two home runs, two doubles and five walks, continued his record of getting on base for 11 consecutive times after hitting right in the eighth inning of Game 2 on the 26th. However, he failed to advance further due to the failure of the follow-up.

At the bottom of the third inning, trailing 1-2, he was the leadoff hitter and struck out swinging. Bieber's 88.9-mile changeup struck out a foul tip. He struck out a rookie in the fifth inning. Shane's outside curve was let go.





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