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Associated Press
Jul 29, 2025, 10:58 PM ET
CINCINNATI -- Los Angeles Dodgers two-way prima Shohei Ohtani had different archetypal successful his MLB career.
Ohtani struck retired successful his archetypal 4 sheet appearances successful Tuesday night's 5-4 triumph against the Cincinnati Reds, the archetypal clip helium has done that successful his 8 seasons successful the majors.
It is the sixth clip the Japanese superstar and reigning NL MVP has struck retired 4 times successful a game. It is the 2nd clip this season, with the different coming against San Diego connected June 17.
Against the Seattle Mariners connected July 17, 2021, portion playing for the Los Angeles Angels, Ohtani popped up to the shortstop successful his archetypal at-bat and past struck retired successful his adjacent 4 times astatine the plate.
Cincinnati's Nick Lodolo became the 13th pitcher to onslaught retired Ohtani 3 times successful a game. The Reds left-hander got Ohtani to pursuit a curveball retired of the onslaught portion successful the archetypal and 5th innings, and got him looking connected a 94.6 mph fastball successful the third.
Graham Ashcraft past whiffed Ohtani connected an wrong slider successful the seventh.
Ohtani was 1 onslaught distant from his archetypal 5 strikeout crippled earlier helium flew retired to close tract connected a 2-2 number successful the ninth inning of a 4-4 game.
Ohtani came into the crippled connected a nine-game hitting streak on with starring the majors with 100 runs scored. He is atop the NL successful slugging (.620), full bases (254), OPS (1.001) and 38 location runs.
