Ohtani’s 18th and final pitch Sunday afternoon was a cutter that Washington Nationals first baseman Nathaniel Lowe flailed at, starting the chain with little time for Ohtani to celebrate a scoreless second outing off of elbow surgery or his first two strikeouts in a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform.

Freddie Freeman is continuing to mire in arguably his worst month during his time with the Dodgers, as he is a .200 hitter (15 for 75) in the month of June and he hasn’t gone deep since homering back on Mother’s Day.