Shohei Ohtani lastly returned to the mound on Monday evening and the San Diego Padres had been prepared for him. However that does not imply that the reigning Nationwide League Most Beneficial Participant was disappointing in his return.
Within the second yr of his 10-year take care of the Dodgers and his first pitching look since August 23, 2023 whereas he was nonetheless with the Los Angeles Angels, Ohtani did present some rust, permitting two hits and one run whereas pitching only one inning towards the Padres. In all, Ohtani threw 28 pitches on Monday, with 16 going for strikes.
Fernando Tatis Jr. led off the sport with a single and superior to second on a wild pitch from Ohtani. Luis Arraez adopted with a single and Manny Machado plated Tatis Jr. with a sacrifice fly to present the Padres a fast 1-0 lead.
These had been the down moments for Ohtani. Nevertheless, even in these, there have been some positives for Dodgers followers. On Machado’s sacrifice fly, there was some dialogue about whether or not Machado had gone round on a examine swing that might have been strike three earlier than sending the sacrifice fly into the San Diego sky.
