Shohei Ohtani makes long-awaited return to mound in Dodgers’ win

LOS ANGELES — It seemed like the first time. It had been so long since Shohei Ohtani pitched – and on such a smaller stage than a sold-out Dodger Stadium for the defending World Series champions – that his days as a two-way player had receded into myth.

One inning, five batters, 28 pitches brought it all back.

Twenty-one months after his second elbow surgery and 22 months after his last start with the Angels, Ohtani took the mound in a major-league game, resuming the pitching half...