{"id":163264,"date":"2025-08-21T07:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T07:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/163264\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T07:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T07:55:09","slug":"dodgers-ohtani-roughed-up-by-rockies-leaves-game-after-getting-hit-on-right-thigh-by-line-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/163264\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers’ Ohtani roughed up by Rockies, leaves game after getting hit on right thigh by line drive"},"content":{"rendered":"

DENVER (AP) \u2014 Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani had a forgettable outing in his first career pitching start against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.<\/p>\n

Ohtani left Wednesday\u2019s game after giving up five earned runs and nine hits in four innings and getting hit in the leg by a comeback line drive.<\/p>\n

With runners at second and third and one out in the fourth inning, Ohtani got hit by a 93-mph line drive off the bat of Colorado\u2019s Orlando Arcia on his right leg that caused him to limp and grimace in pain. The liner struck the reigning National League MVP and ricocheted toward the first base line. Ohtani gave chase and grabbed the ball on the line, spun to make a throw, but had no play as a runner scored.<\/p>\n

After a mound visit from manager Dave Roberts and team medical personnel, Ohtani stayed in the game and got the last two outs of the inning, with the Dodgers trailing 5-0 at the time. The Dodgers lost to Colorado 8-3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Roberts said after the game that the line drive hit Ohtani on the thigh and managed to avoid his knee and any on-bone contact. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was just really relieved that it was the thigh, because it hit him flush,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cIf you\u2019re talking about the kneecap, that\u2019s a different conversation. When I saw the ball mark on his thigh, I was very relieved, relative to the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through a translator, Ohtani said he had recently been hit in the same spot on his leg by a pitch.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m glad it didn\u2019t hit the knee,\u201d Ohtani said through a translator. \u201cI think we avoided the worst-case scenario. So, I\u2019m going to focus on the treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ohtani was making his 10th start of the season after not pitching in the 2024 season while recovering from elbow surgery. The earned runs that he allowed matched the most he had permitted since July 2022, and the nine hits allowed matched a career high.<\/p>\n

\u201cI put the team in a bad spot,\u201d Ohtani said. \u201cIt was just a very regrettable outing. I wish I could have done better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even after getting hit by the line drive, Ohtani stayed in the game and drew a walk in his at-bat in the fifth inning. But, he did not bat in the eighth and was replaced by Alex Call, who struck out. Ohtani finished with a double and a walk and extended his on-base streak to 18 games.<\/p>\n

Roberts said he\u2019s \u201cconfident\u201d Ohtani will play Friday against the San Diego Padres. Even before the injury, Ohtani was scheduled to sit out Thursday\u2019s series finale against the Rockies.<\/p>\n

He entered Wednesday without a decision and a 3.47 ERA. This season, he hasn\u2019t thrown more than 4 \u2153 innings or 80 pitches. Against the MLB-worst Rockies, he threw 66 pitches, 49 for strikes.<\/p>\n

Ohtani is batting .284 with 44 homers, one behind NL-leading Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies, with 83 RBIs.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DENVER (AP) \u2014 Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani had a forgettable outing in his first career…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":163265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[69426,591,276,13672,4439,1283,875,8321,2502,1266,1822,94303,4712,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-163264","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-alex-call","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-co-state-wire","12":"tag-colorado","13":"tag-colorado-rockies","14":"tag-dave-roberts","15":"tag-kyle-schwarber","16":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","17":"tag-mlb","18":"tag-mlb-baseball","19":"tag-orlando-arcia","20":"tag-shohei-ohtani","21":"tag-sports","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115065685886656973","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}