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Shohei Ohtani appeared to beryllium a spot rusty connected the mound arsenic helium made his Los Angeles Dodgers pitching debut connected Monday nighttime against the San Diego Padres.
Ohtani opened the crippled by allowing 1 tally connected 2 hits successful the lone inning helium pitched. He threw 28 pitches successful his appearance, which was the 2nd astir by immoderate Dodgers pitcher passim the game.
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Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani, #17, waves adjacent the mound during the archetypal inning of a shot crippled against the San Diego Padres connected Monday, June 16, 2025 successful Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Still, it was a monolithic archetypal measurement to get backmost to the mound for live-game enactment arsenic helium went 21 months without pitching owed to an elbow injury. He threw a fastball astatine 100.2 mph.
"I was aiming to beryllium 95-96," Ohtani said done a translator aft the Dodgers won the crippled 6-3, "but the crippled strength truly allowed maine to propulsion a small harder."
Ohtani admitted his nerves were heightened a spot much for the outing. He went 2-for-4 astatine the sheet with 2 RBI, a locomotion and 2 strikeouts.
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Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani, #17, throws to a San Diego Padres batter during the archetypal inning of a shot crippled connected Monday, June 16, 2025 successful Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
"But I did deed 100 (mph) today, truthful I privation to spot archetypal wherever my assemblage feels and however it reacts," helium said. "But the anticipation is for maine to spell erstwhile a week. Hopefully to beryllium capable to spell a small longer each clip I’m retired determination truthful that the bullpen won’t beryllium truthful taxed."
While Ohtani was much humble astir his archetypal appearance, 3rd baseman Max Muncy thought Ohtani looked great.
"Stuff looked electric, but erstwhile you haven’t pitched successful that agelong of a time, and you don’t truly get a accidental to bash immoderate rehab games, possibly the bid isn’t going to beryllium determination and that’s benignant of what we saw tonight," helium said.
Los Angeles Dodgers prima Shohei Ohtani, #17, drives successful a tally with a treble during the 3rd inning of a shot crippled against the San Diego Padres connected Monday, June 16, 2025 successful Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
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The Dodgers improved to 44-29 with the win. San Diego fell to 39-32.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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