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Associated Press
Jul 5, 2025, 08:37 PM ET
LOS ANGELES -- Two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani worked 2 scoreless innings for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Houston Astros connected Saturday successful his 4th mound commencement of the season, striking retired the broadside successful bid successful the 2nd portion pitching connected his 31st birthday.
Ohtani allowed 1 deed and threw 31 pitches, 21 for strikes. He fanned Christian Walker, Victor Caratini and Yanier Diaz -- each swinging -- to reason his latest outing arsenic an opener arsenic helium works his mode backmost from elbow surgery.
In his erstwhile commencement a week earlier, Ohtani threw the fastest transportation of his vocation astatine 101.7 mph. This time, helium deed triple digits lone erstwhile -- a 100.9 mph fastball that Caratini fouled off.
Dodgers organist Dieter Ruehle played 1 enactment of "Happy Birthday" arsenic Ohtani walked to the dugout aft the 2nd inning. Before the game, the Los Angeles grounds unit wrote the connection "HB Sho" successful the dirt.
Isaac Paredes led disconnected against Ohtani with a azygous to left. Ohtani past got Cam Smith to deed a comebacker that 2nd baseman Tommy Edman turned into a treble play. Jose Altuve followed with a groundout arsenic Ohtani retired the broadside connected 10 pitches.
Ohtani has allowed 1 tally successful six innings this play for a 1.50 ERA.
The three-time MVP did not transportation past season, his archetypal with the Dodgers, portion recovering from Tommy John surgery. He made 86 mound starts implicit 5 seasons with the Los Angeles Angels, going 38-19 with a 3.01 ERA.
Batting successful his customary leadoff spot, Ohtani grounded retired successful the archetypal inning and again successful the second.
