"LOS ANGELES -- Shohei Ohtani's entrance song, "Feeling Good" by Michael Bublé, played at Dodger Stadium in an otherwise quiet moment Wednesday afternoon. Ohtani then emerged from the dugout for a rare session of on-field batting practice, drawing a sarcastic round of applause from his teammates. The Los Angeles Dodgers' two-way phenomenon proceeded to uncork prodigious home runs, one of which clanked off the roof that sits beyond the right-field bleachers."
""I don't necessarily think that the pitching has affected my hitting performance," Ohtani said through an interpreter. "Just on the pitching side, as long as I control what I can control, I feel pretty good about putting up results. On the hitting side, just the stance, the mechanics, that's something that I do -- it's a constant work in progress. I don't necessarily think so. It's hard to say.""
"The Dodgers have continued to roll through these playoffs, but Ohtani's hitting slump has merely prolonged. Since the wild-card round, he is just 2-for-25 with 12 strikeouts. His seventh-inning RBI single in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series on Tuesday snapped a 15-at-bat hitless streak, the second-longest of his career."
Shohei Ohtani took on-field batting practice at Dodger Stadium for the first time since joining the team two years ago, launching prodigious home runs including one that struck the roof beyond the right-field bleachers. The batting practice reflected urgency as Ohtani has struggled in the postseason, compiling a 2-for-25 mark with 12 strikeouts since the wild-card round. His seventh-inning RBI single in Game 2 of the NLCS ended a 15-at-bat hitless stretch. Ohtani said pitching in the postseason has not impacted his hitting and described his stance and mechanics as a constant work in progress.
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