Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani slumping with strikeouts soaring
LOS ANGELES — It wasn’t a happy birthday.
Shohei Ohtani turned 30 on Friday night by going 0 for 5 and striking out in his first three at-bats, extending a career-long streak of strikeouts to six consecutive at-bats.
The strikeouts have multiplied recently. Going into Saturday, Ohtani was 6 for 29 (.207) with 15 strikeouts in the previous seven games.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has diagnosed the problem.
“Chasing down,” Roberts said of Ohtani’s swing decisions. “It’s...
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