Shohei Ohtani became the first two-way All-Star in style, featuring a 100 mph fastball to pitch a perfect first inning against the National League after being denied a hit by a nice defensive play in his first at-bat. Players in both dugouts were hanging on the rails to watch Ohtani, who grounded out in both of his early at-bats. Washington’s Max Scherzer, just the sixth pitcher to start four All-Star Games, began Ohtani with a 95.5 mph fastball to begin the game. Throwing at up to 100.2 mph, Ohtani used seven fastballs, four sliders, two splitters and one cutter. Ohtani is batting .279 with 33 homers and 70 RBIs in his fourth major league season.

Source: Fox News July 14, 2021 01:07 UTC