DENVER — Shohei Ohtani was actually roughed up on Wednesday evening in his first-ever regular-season begin at Coors Subject.
Making his tenth begin of the season for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Ohtani allowed season-highs in hits (9) and runs (5) because the Colorado Rockies made his time on the mound in Denver painful each statistically and bodily.
Throughout a fourth inning when the Rockies despatched eight batters to the plate, Colorado third baseman Orlando Arcia lined the primary pitch of the at-bat again to Ohtani, putting him within the leg. Because the ball went off his leg and into foul territory, Mickey Moniak scored to up the Colorado result in 4-0.
Dodgers representatives, together with supervisor Dave Roberts, rushed to the mound to verify on Ohtani, who limped again to the mound after the play was over. After some pitches to check the leg, Ohtani stayed within the recreation.
The Rockies, nonetheless, did not let up. Tyler Freeman’s two-out RBI single elevated the rating to 5-0 earlier than Ohtani escaped the inning by putting out Ezequiel Tovar.
That may be his closing batter of the evening. He would, nonetheless, keep within the recreation because the designated hitter, drawing a stroll within the subsequent half-inning after being struck within the leg.
Ohtani’s closing line included three strikeouts and no walks, with 49 of his 66 pitches going for strikes, in arguably one of many worst begins of his MLB profession.
Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts stated earlier than the sport that Ohtani would have a “onerous cease” at 5.0 innings, including, “We’re at altitude and simply need to make certain his physique responds.”
Colorado, nonetheless, did not let Ohtani get to that fifth inning, utilizing a two-run second inning and three-run fourth inning to create a signature second in what has been a tricky season for the 36-90 Rockies, who entered Wednesday 36.0 video games behind Los Angeles within the Nationwide League West.
Even with the road drive hitting Ohtani within the leg, Roberts stated earlier than Wednesday’s recreation that he deliberate to present the two-way celebrity the time off (with a possible for pinch-hitting) on Thursday when the Rockies and Dodgers end their four-game sequence.
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