Shohei Ohtani has 3rd straight dominant outing on mound with 6 scoreless innings

PHOENIX AP Shohei Ohtani is looking like a formidable force on the mound as October baseball approaches The Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star had his third straight scoreless outing on Tuesday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks throwing a season-high six innings and striking out eight The right-hander s fastball was consistently in the - mph range hitting on one delivery and often overpowering the D-backs hitters He gave up five hits all singles He also started an athletic double play to end the fifth darting off the mound to field a soft grounder from James McCann and firing to Tommy Edman at second who threw to first The -year-old Ohtani has slowly built up his pitch count as he returns from elbow surgery that kept him off the mound for the entire season He threw a season-high pitches in his th career big league mound start The Dodgers led - in the seventh inning Ohtani who has homers this season batted leadoff and went for with a walk in his first four plate appearances Ohtani worked five hitless innings in his last start on Sept against the Philadelphia Phillies AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb Source