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 of his unique career with...

It had been 663 days between pitching appearances, depriving baseball fans of the famed wicked four-seam fastball and splitter that they have marveled at from the sport’s most unique player.

The last time Shohei Ohtani took the mound was in August of 2023 when he was still playing for the Los Angeles Angels.

For every split-second that Andy Pages continued his staredown of Dylan Cease, the possibility of Dodgers-Padres fireworks seemed to increase exponentially. Players from both sides jumped the railings of their dugouts and scowled at each other from the warning-track dirt.

At Dodger Stadium on Monday, the Los Angeles Dodgers (43-29) play the San Diego Padres (39-31), fellow members of the NL West, at 10:10 p.m. ET.

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That's because Shohei Ohtani will be making his Dodgers pitching debut tonight, which will be his first time on the mound since the 2023 season.