{"id":6566,"date":"2025-06-17T10:58:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T10:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/?p=6566"},"modified":"2025-06-17T11:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T11:37:08","slug":"shohei-ohtani-shows-some-rust-in-1st-pitching-appearance-since-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/17\/shohei-ohtani-shows-some-rust-in-1st-pitching-appearance-since-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Shohei Ohtani shows some rust in 1st pitching appearance since 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/shohei-ohtani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shohei Ohtani<\/a> appeared to be a bit rusty on the mound as he made his Los Angeles Dodgers pitching debut on Monday night against the San Diego Padres.<\/p>\n<p>Ohtani opened the game by allowing one run on two hits in the lone inning he pitched. He threw 28 pitches in his appearance, which was the second most by any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/mlb\/los-angeles-dodgers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dodgers pitcher<\/a> throughout the game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Still, it was a massive first step to get back to the mound for live-game action as he went 21 months without pitching due to an elbow injury. He threw a fastball at 100.2 mph.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was aiming to sit 95-96,&#8221; Ohtani said through a translator after the Dodgers won the game 6-3, &#8220;but the game intensity really allowed me to throw a little harder.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ohtani admitted his nerves were heightened a bit more for the outing. He went 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBI, a walk and two strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/2025-world-series-odds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>2025 WORLD SERIES ODDS: DODGERS FAVORED; GIANTS TAKE BIG JUMP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I did hit 100 (mph) today, so I want to see first where my body feels and how it reacts,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But the expectation is for me to go once a week. Hopefully to be able to go a little longer every time I\u2019m out there so that the bullpen won\u2019t be so taxed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Ohtani was more modest about his first appearance, third baseman Max Muncy thought Ohtani looked great.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Stuff looked electric, but when you haven\u2019t pitched in that long of a time, and you don\u2019t really get a chance to do any rehab games, maybe the command isn\u2019t going to be there and that\u2019s kind of what we saw tonight,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers improved to 44-29 with the win. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/mlb\/san-diego-padres\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Diego<\/a> fell to 39-32.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><strong>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s<\/strong><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><strong>\u00a0<u>sports coverage on X<\/u><\/strong><\/i><\/a><i><strong>, and subscribe to<\/strong><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><strong><u> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/u><\/strong><\/i><\/a><i><strong>.<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shohei Ohtani appeared to be a bit rusty on the mound as he made his Los Angeles Dodgers pitching debut on Monday night against the San Diego Padres. 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