Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani Stumbles In Bid For 7th Win

Shohei Ohtani did not have a great outing against the Pittsburgh Pirates on June 10. In fact, he stumbled a bit in his bid for his 7th win.

The total dominance of Los Angeles Dodgers right-handed pitcher Shohei Ohtani on the mound this season has been almost unbelievable.

Until he faced a determined Pittsburgh Pirates team on June 10, in Pittsburgh.

Ohtani entered the Pittsburgh game with a 6-2 record in 10 starts for the Dodgers.

Ohtani had a minuscule 0.74 ERA, and 0.78 WHIP in his 61 innings pitched.

Ohtani had struck out an average of 9.9 hitters per nine innings, while walking only 1.7 batters per nine.

In his June 3 start against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix, Ohtani had the Diamondbacks players totally off-balanced. He changed the eye levels of the hitters, and threw six innings of two hit baseball. He struck out six, and walked one.

In the game against Arizona, Ohtani threw 89 pitches, with 58 of them for strikes. Fast forward to the June 10 game, and Ohtani had a much different outing.