Shohei Ohtani will pitch for Dodgers
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Shohei Ohtani allowed an early run in his pitching debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers, but quickly made up for it with two clutch hits and a pair of RBIs in a 6-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on Monday night.
Shohei Ohtani has already done some mind-boggling things in a Dodgers uniform. But for his first year and change in L.A., he was on a long road to recovery that prevented him from doing the thing that truly makes him a "unicorn" among big leaguers: pitch.
After enduring a 10-game stretch without a home run dating back to June 2, Shohei Ohtani ended the long ball drought in a big way, belting two round-trippers in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 11-5 win over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night. But getting back into the home run column is far from the only thing Ohtani achieved in Los Angeles' win.
Andy Pages hit a game-turning three-run home run in the fifth inning, Shohei Ohtani had three hits and scored two runs, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4 on Sunday night.
As the Dodgers welcome Shohei Ohtani on the mound for the first time, his former interpreter is now reporting to prison.