Shohei Ohtani looks like a formidable force on the mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers as October baseball approach, while their enclosures of lifters continue to be a passive.
The double -meaning star had his third consecutive outing Tuesday evening against the Arizona Diamondbacks, launching a summit of six innings and withdrawing eight.
The Dodgers led 4-0 when Ohtani left the match, but the D-Backs rallied against the enclosure of the Lights for a 5-4 victory.
The Arizona dragged 4-3 entering the ninth, before Jorge Barrosa was knotted the match with a sacrificial fly to Deep on the left. Then, Geraldo Perdomo snatched a single twice on the left field of the Dodgers closer to Tanner Scott who scored Tim Tawa of the second goal for the winning sleeve.
Ohtani, 31, slowly built his number of land when he returned from an elbow operation which prevented him from the mound throughout the 2024 season. He launched 91 seasonal throws during his 100th career start.
The rapidly right-of-right ball was constantly between 98 and 100 MPH, reaching 101.2 on delivery and often mastering D-Backs strikers. He abandoned five sure, all the simple. He also started a double athletic game to finish the fifth, escaping from the mound to align a soft ground from James McCann and pulling Tommy Edman in second place, which launched first.
Ohtani, which has 53 circuits this season, hit the head and went 0 for 3 with a walk in its four appearances.
Ohtani worked five rounds without a safe blow during his last departure on September 16 against the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
