Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Kiké Hernandez made a funny Shohei Ohtani joke after Saturday's win.
The Los Angeles Dodgers, up 10-0 going into the bottom of the ninth inning Saturday night, wisely decided not to expend any of their bullpen arms. Instead, they turned to utilityman Kiké Hernandez. It wasn't his first time taking the mound; Hernandez saw a third of an inning in 2018 and once last month as well.I kid, and Hernandez did after the game, too.
"Offense, defense, pitching? You're basically Shohei Ohtani!," Kirsten Watson said in his postgame on-field interview. Hernandez replied, "Shohei, who?" before running away into the dugout to end the interview, to the shock of Watson.While there's likely not a future as a pitcher for the Dodger, he did admit the offense gave him confidence to play on the mound.
"I had a great game at the plate so I was feeling overly confident on the mound. I knew my stuff was gonna play especially with the defense behind me,"Ohtani is not pitching this season as he recovers from an elbow injury and surgery, but the expectation is he'll be back to being a two-way player next year. For now, Hernandez is the closest the Dodgers have.Josh Wilson is the news director of the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated.
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