Shohei Ohtani looks oddly human but still delivers 6 quality innings in Dodgers' loss to Blue Jays
Ohtani the pitcher exited with his team up 2-1 before the Blue Jays battled back to win 4-3.
TORONTO — By his own admission, Shohei Ohtani was feeling tired before he even threw a pitch. That is perhaps the reason that the two-way supernova was not at his best on Wednesday. Making his second pitching start of this young baseball season, the Dodgers hurler did not have his typical crispness.
The command was scattershot, the mechanics were out of sorts. Ohtani struck out only two hitters, his lowest total ever in a start that lasted more than four innings. Particularly in the early going, he had little feel for his splitter or curveball, two offerings he typically leans on to get left-handed hitters out.
But while the process was far from dominant, the end product was more than sufficient. Ohtani surrendered just one run and four hits across six innings. He grew more comfortable as the game wore on.
His fastball touched 100. 1 mph and averaged 98. 3, the latter an encouraging 1.
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