Baseball: Ohtani throws 2 scoreless innings, hitless at plate in loss

Shohei Ohtani continued to show his progress on the mound by pitching two scoreless innings while going hitless in four at-bats in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 9-5 loss to the Kansas City Royals on Saturday.Ohtani's four-seam fastball hit 101.7 miles (around 164 kilometers) per hour, the fastest pitch of his major league career, when he got Vinnie Pasquantino to ground into an inning-ending double play in a two-on situation in the bottom of the first at Kauffman Stadium.In Japan, his fastball topped out at 165 kph in a ninth-inning relief appearance for the Nippon Ham Fighters during a Pacific …READ FULL ARTICLE