LA Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani pitches and bats in game for first time since 2023

• Two-way star allows one run, two hits in 28-pitch inning

• Ohtani had second major operation on right elbow in 2023

Shohei Ohtani gave up a pair of two-strike hits and a run in his Los Angeles Dodgers pitching debut against the San Diego Padres on Monday night, 21 months after the two-way superstar had elbow surgery.

Ohtani threw 28 pitches - 16 for strikes - in the first inning as fans hung on every one of them. They oohed when a fastball was clocked at 100.2 mph - the second-hardest pitch thrown by a Dodgers hurler this season.