After Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani collected his 1,000th career hit on Wednesday by way of a two-run home run in the third inning, his response was to strikeout the side when he returned to the mound in the top of the fourth.
The unicorn allowed just two hits, an earned run over four innings, and hurled a season-high eight strikeouts in his eighth start of 2025.
President of baseball operations Andrew Friedman claimed that, according to Ohtani, this is only the beginning.
“I think it’s more about evaluating after every outing,” Friedman said. “We’re doing this in a very methodical way and we’ll continue to build.