[breaking news] Shocking! Suspicion of Ohtani's injury raised due to extreme slump → Roberts "Captured the scene of right wrist shaking, I will check.""

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Shohei Ohtani (32, LA Dodgers), a major league "superstar" produced by Japan, casted a huge dark cloud over the team as he was surrounded by injury allegations amid severe batting slump.

Ohtani started as the second designated hitter in the final home game of the three consecutive home games against the Cleveland Guardians of the "2026 Major League" at Uniqlo Field at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California on the 2nd (Korea time), but he bowed his head with no hits, one walk and two strikeouts in three at-bats.

As a result, Ohtani's batting average for the season fell from 0.200 to 0.167, and OPS (on-base plus slugging) also fell to 0.590, continuing its uncharacteristic move as the 'God of baseball'. He started the game the previous day (1st) and became a winning pitcher with six scoreless innings, but he is not perfect in batting.

In fact, the indicators are too disastrous to be called a simple hitting slump. In particular, silence was painful in scoring opportunities on this day. In the bottom of the fifth inning, he poured cold water with a double play on the second base with no outs and runners on the first and second bases, and in the bottom of the eighth inning, he struck out three pitches in vain in the last chance to chase with two outs and runners on the second and third bases.

The real problem came after the game. Immediately after Ohtani struck out in his last at-bat in the eighth inning, he was seen shaking his right wrist several times as if he were uncomfortable. Multiple local media outlets, including Dodgers reporter Adrian Medina of the U.S. Roundtable and Dodgers Nation, are delivering this quickly and heavily.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts also witnessed this unusual scene firsthand. After the game, Roberts admitted in an official press conference, "I also saw Ohtani shake his right wrist after the last strikeout." "At this time, we don't know the exact condition. We will check the condition after receiving a detailed report from trainer Thomas Albert," he said, expressing concern.

On this day, the Dodgers lost 1-4 after the batting line was tied to the opponent's starter Gavin Williams by only two hits until the seventh inning, despite the fact that "first starter" Yoshinobu Yamamoto played his part by allowing two runs in six innings. In particular, Ohtani, who was placed in the first batting order, failed to center the lineup, so he had to taste the bitterness of the luge series.

Ohtani, who started the previous game and showed off his robustness by pitching well, is having a big impact on Dodgers fans. If it turns out to be a structural defect or injury, not just pain, it is a desperate crisis that could shake the entire Dodgers' 2026 season plan.

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