LOS ANGELES -- In the brief moment between when Shohei Ohtani completed his fifth inning of no-hit baseball as a pitcher and prepared to lead off the next half-inning as a hitter, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts seized on an opportunity to gather intel.

Ohtani had required only 68 pitches Tuesday night to accumulate 18 outs against the Philadelphia Phillies , who feature one of the sport's most imposing lineups. The sixth inning qualified as uncharted territory in his return from a second elbow repair. But when Roberts asked Ohtani how he felt, the two-way star answered in the affirmative.

It didn't matter.

Ohtani exited as a pitcher, then watched as rookie left-hander Justin Wrobleski surrendered a four-run lead to a string of five batters. Three innings later, after Ohtani clobbe

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