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After holding on for a win in a close game Friday night, the Los Angeles Dodgers trotted Shohei Ohtani out to the mound for his third start of the season Saturday afternoon in Kansas City against the Royals.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Ohtani, one day after hitting a home run and a triple to help the Dodgers grab hold of the best record in baseball (52-31), toed the rubber at Kauffman Stadium and unleashed the fastest pitch of his career.<\/p>\n

\"Shohei<\/p>\n

Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino was the lucky batter in the box when Ohtani hurled a 101.7-mph four-seam fastball down the plate. In Pasquantino’s credit, he made contact with the ball, but sent it directly to Dodgers second baseman Hyeseong Kim for a tailor-made 4-6-3 double play to get Ohtani out of the inning.<\/p>\n

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Shoehi Ohtani fires 102 MPH to close out a scoreless 1st \ud83d\udd25 pic.twitter.com\/JBw34pwQcG<\/p>\n

\u2014 MLB (@MLB) June 28, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

According to Dodger Insider, the previous fastest pitch Ohtani threw was 101.4-mph back in 2022. And the team said Ohtani’s pitch was the hardest thrown by any Dodger so far this season.<\/p>\n

He threw a 100-mph pitch earlier in that at-bat, too.<\/p>\n

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Shohei Ohtani, 100.2 MPH and 101.7 MPH back-to-back. \u26fd\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/MBLIKBlRYG<\/p>\n

\u2014 Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) June 28, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

Saturday marked Ohtani’s third start in his return to the mound after he underwent elbow surgery in September ’23. He served solely as a designated hitter during his first season as a Dodger last year.<\/p>\n

He pitched just one inning in each of his first two starts, but went two full innings Saturday marking it the longest outing since his return to the hill.<\/p>\n

Through three appearances (four innings), Ohtani has allowed one run on three hits while striking out three.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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