Shohei Ohtani earned his first win as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night, delivering a season-high five innings of one-run ball in a 5-1 victory against the Cincinnati Reds ( box score ). He even helped his own cause at the plate, going 1 for 5 with a run scored.

Ohtani's overall pitching line saw him surrender that aforementioned run on two hits and two walks. He struck out nine of the 19 batters he faced, and did so on 87 pitches. Ohtani was able to generate 13 swinging strikes.

"I was just trying to do the minimum, which is get through the five," Ohtani said through an interpreter after the game. "I was able to do what I wanted to do as a pitcher today."

Ohtani, of course, had been denied that first win for most of two seasons because of factors largely out

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