Why Dodgers didn't let Shohei Ohtani hit during bad loss to Marlins
Los Angeles was missing his bat.
Why Dodgers didn't let Shohei Ohtani hit during bad loss to Marlins originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Los Angeles Dodgers could only muster a lone run in a loss to the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night.
And while their potent lineup should be able to do better than that, it certainly wasn't helped by the absence of Shohei Ohtani 's bat. Ohtani started on the mound, but he didn't hit in his usual leadoff spot. The Dodgers kept him out of the order.
On the mound, Ohtani struck out nine and allowed two runs (one earned) in six innings, but he got the 'L' in his record from a 2-1 defeat. It was the second time in five starts this season that Ohtani only pitched and didn't hit, and it's a pattern worth monitoring going forward. MORE: This might be the weirdest way to get an inside-the-park HR Why didn't Shohei Ohtani hit?
Ohtani was held out of the lineup for energy reasons. This was the first time this season Ohtani was pitching on five days of rest, rather than six or more. The Dodgers also have an early afternoon getaway game on Wednesday, so he wouldn't have long between his pitching outing and being right back in the lineup.