With runners at second and third and one out in the fourth inning, Ohtani got hit by a 93-mph line drive off the bat of Colorado’s Orlando Arcia on his right leg that caused him to limp and grimace in pain.

Taking the field for his first start since August 13, Ohtani was hammered early and often by the Rockies, allowing nine hits and five runs over just four innings of action in what will go down as his...

“Shohei Ohtani has scored 120 runs in 124 games this season. It is the fewest games into a season for 120 runs in the NL since Chuck Klein set the record at 109 games in 1932,” OptaSTATS tweeted.