Ohtani, the 'God of Baseball,' won for the first time in six scoreless innings with the '160km fastball'! 0 runs in 22 consecutive ⅔ → 'the longest career in the U.S.'

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Shohei Ohtani (32, LA Dodgers), the "God of Baseball," played a key role in the team's victory by completely blocking six innings in his first start game of the season. He also had two walks and one hit in the bat.

Ohtani became the winning pitcher in a home game against the Cleveland Guardians of the "2026 Major League" at Uniqlo Field at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on the 1st (Korea time) by pitching six innings of one hit, three walks and six strikeouts. As a batter, he completed the third base game with one hit, two walks and one strikeout in three at-bats.

Ohtani, who faced Cleveland as a pitcher for the first time in four years, gained momentum from the beginning. Ohtani, who handled the first and second innings neatly with three outs and consecutive strikeouts, gave up two walks in the top of the third inning and was on the verge of a crisis with two outs and runners on first and second bases. However, he maintained his composure by succeeding the ABS (automatic pitching judgment system) challenge and struck out the subsequent batter CJ Capers swinging.

After that, he allowed his first hit with a double by Rhys Hoskins after two outs in the top of the fourth inning, but he overcame the crisis by handling the next Bonailer with a fly ball to left field, and completed a scoreless pitch with a total of six strikeouts until the sixth inning. With this, Ohtani showed off his form as an ace in name and reality by setting a scoreless record in 22 consecutive ⅔ innings, which has continued since last season. It is Ohtani's record of most consecutive innings in the major leagues. On this day, Ohtani threw 87 pitches and had 54 strikes. The maximum speed was 99.2 mph (about 160 kph).

There was also a contribution in the at-bat. In particular, he got on base with a walk at his second at-bat in the bottom of the third inning, increasing his on-base record in consecutive games since last season to 36 games, setting a personal tie record. In the bottom of the seventh inning, he hit a cool right-handed hit and continued his hit streak for two consecutive games. His batting average for the season went from 0.167 to 0.200.

In the game, the Dodgers won 4-1. Andy Paz's first timely hit came out in the bottom of the fourth inning, and Max Muncy's solo home run hit in the bottom of the sixth inning made it 2-0. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Teoscar Hernandez and Farz's additional timely hits broke out, leading to a 4-0 run to seal the victory.

The Dodgers' new closer Edwin Diaz allowed one run this season, who took the mound in the ninth inning, but he kept the lead without additional runs and ended the game with the Dodgers' victory. He repaid the previous day's 2-4 complete defeat (March 31).

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