DENVER -- Prior to Wednesday’s game against the Rockies, Shohei Ohtani had only taken the mound at hitter-friendly Coors Field once before -- during the 2021 All-Star Game, when he started for the American League and pitched a scoreless inning.

While Coors has proven time and again to be a venue in which anything can and does happen, Ohtani hoped his first regular-season appearance on the mound there would go smoothly, too.

But it was anything but -- Ohtani gave up five runs on a career-high-tying nine hits over four innings in the Dodgers’ 8-3 loss to the Rockies. Adding injury to insult, he was hit on the side of his upper right leg by a 93.7 mph comebacker off the bat of Orlando Arcia in the fourth.

Although Ohtani stayed in the game after being checked on by manager Dave Roberts

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