Shohei Ohtani took the mound for the first time this season on Tuesday night and picked up right where he left off, authoring a gem as the Dodgers notched a 4-1 victory over the Guardians. Ohtani surrendered only one hit over six scoreless innings. The excellent performance pushes his overall scoreless streak on the hill to 22 2/3 innings stretching back to the end of last year. It's yet another astounding feat in a long run of them for the two-way star, and one made even more impressive because there were doubts about how he would respond to his second major elbow surgery.
Ohtani makes every single part of the game look incredibly easy. That continued on Tuesday, with his most stressful moment coming via a sudden realization about a task completely unique to him.
