Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers and Brewers
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Shohei Ohtani greeted Milwaukee Brewers rookie phenom Jacob Misiorowski with a 431-foot leadoff homer on Tuesday night. Misiorowski, whose fastball routinely tops 100 mph, threw an 88.2-mph curveball on an 0-2 count to the Los Angeles Dodgers' two-way superstar,
Shohei Ohtani fell behind 0-2 while getting his first look at Brewers rookie phenom Jacob Misiorowski. But the Dodgers' superstar belted the next pitch he saw a Statcast-projected 431 feet to center field,
The Brewers tied the game in the ninth and then won in the 10th on Jackson Chourio's first-career walk-off, leading to a sweep of the mighty Dodgers.
If the Brewers are to make the playoffs again, it'll be pitching once again that carries them. It just looks a bit different this time around.
Ohtani was at the plate to open the top of the sixth inning as the Dodgers trailed 7–0. On a 3–2 count, Freddy Peralta threw a changeup that visibly missed low and inside. Barber called it strike three. Ohtani immediately protested, said something, then demonstrably shook his head on the way back to the dugout. It was a rare, justified, outburst.
The Los Angeles Dodgers skipper offered a clear response as the superstar's workload takes a toll on his production.
Hard-throwing rookie Jacob Misiorowski recovered from a leadoff home run by Shohei Ohtani to toss six dominant innings and the Milwaukee Brewers held on for a 3-1 victory Tuesday over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers,