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.

Ohtani gets the call to start for the Dodgers, his first this season. It’s the season debut and his first appearance in more than a year for the 30-year-old righty.