#shohei-ohtani

#shohei-ohtani

You've got to kind of change locations, you've got to use the front to back. I thought his curveball was as good as I've seen it. But you have to have these guys honor the fastball. They hunt locations, they hunt velocities. And you've got to keep them guessing. You just can't be predictable. I thought yesterday we did a fantastic job of not being predictable. And I thought Tyler did the same thing.

Ohtani's first time pitching in October was generally a success as he completed six innings and finished with nine strikeouts. All three runs Ohtani allowed in the quality start came in the second inning and due in large part to Hernández failing to cut off a ball in the right-center field gap. It resulted in an RBI triple for J.T. Realmuto, who later scored on a sacrifice fly.

"I'm aware that there are pitchers who get excited and their velo goes up, and there's some it just stays pretty much the same," Ohtani said. "If I were to pick a side, I'm probably the one that really the velo goes up. But that being said, I need to make sure I'm poised and balanced. And it's just going to be how well I can compose myself out there as well."