How Shohei Ohtani Fared In Dodgers’ Game 7 Showdown Vs. Blue Jays

The Dodgers forced a Game 7 pinch a drama-filled 3–1 triumph successful Game 6 connected Friday night. Shortly afterwards, it was reported that Los Angeles was going to start two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani connected nan mound for nan winner-take-all Game 7 astatine Rogers Centre.

Ohtani, nan champion subordinate successful baseball, would get a chance to radiance agleam connected nan biggest shape MLB tin offer. Here’s a look astatine really Ohtani fared—both astatine nan sheet and connected nan mound—in nan first Game 7 of his career:

Ohtani had a unsmooth nighttime pitching successful Game 7.

The two-way superstar was pulled from nan mound successful nan 3rd inning aft allowing 3 runs connected 5 hits and 2 walks successful 2 1/3 innings. He tallied 3 strikeouts earlier exiting nan game.

Ohtani retired nan Blue Jays successful bid successful nan first inning and escaped a furious rally successful nan 2nd by striking retired Andrés Giménez pinch nan bases loaded.

The 3rd inning is erstwhile troubles emerged. Ohtani allowed a leadoff azygous to George Springer, who moved complete to 2nd guidelines connected Nathan Lukes’s sacrifice bunt. After a chaotic transportation moved Springer to third, Ohtani intentionally walked Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to effort to group up nan double play.

On nan very adjacent pitch, Blue Jays 2nd baseman Bo Bichette hammered an 88.7 slider 442 feet into nan halfway section seats for a 3–0 lead.

Ohtani was yanked from nan mound aft that swing, and Dodgers reliever Justin Wrobleski came successful to adjacent retired nan 3rd inning.

Hitting

Through 4 innings of Game 7, Ohtani is 2-for-3 astatine nan dish.

Ohtani led disconnected nan crippled successful nan apical of nan first inning pinch a azygous to halfway section measured astatine 100.2 mph disconnected nan bat. The adjacent 2 batters, Will Smith and Freddie Freeman, moved him complete to 2nd and past 3rd base, but he was stranded location erstwhile Mookie Betts grounded retired to extremity nan inning.

In nan 3rd inning, Ohtani came up pinch 2 outs and cipher connected base. He deed a screaming statement thrust to near field—measured astatine 104.4 mph—but Nathan Lukes caught it for nan 3rd out.

Then successful nan apical of nan fifth, Ohtani sewage connected pinch different single, putting 2 men connected pinch 1 retired successful nan inning, but nan Dodgers couldn’t move nan opportunity into runs.

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