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PITTSBURGH \u2014 Shohei Ohtani might not have been the best two-way player in this game.<\/p>\n

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Tyler Callihan, an unheralded utility man for the Pittsburgh Pirates, had no home runs in his first 19 major-league games but one pitching appearance \u2013 he went to the mound, mop in hand, for the final inning of Tuesday\u2019s blowout game (his professional debut as a pitcher). He now has two home runs as a big-leaguer after hitting both to power the Pirates to a 9-8, come-from-behind victory over the Dodgers on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers and Ohtani, who gave up a season-high four runs in 6\u2154 innings, let a 6-1 lead melt in the humidity at PNC Park then watched the Pirates explode for five runs in the eighth inning.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis one stung because I thought we were playing good baseball. We have no business losing that game,\u201d Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.<\/p>\n

It was an eventful day for Ohtani even before the flammable finish.<\/p>\n

He was robbed of a home run, gave up a home run that cleared the right-field seats, hit a home run, reached 100 mph 15 times (rounding up) and pitched into the seventh inning for only the third time in 11 starts this season.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when things went south on the Dodgers.<\/p>\n

They built their 6-1 lead despite Pirates left fielder Bryan Reynolds robbing Ohtani of a home run at the left field wall in the third inning.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt felt good off the bat. I thought it was gonna be a homer,\u201d Ohtani said through his interpreter of the 375-foot drive. \u201cLooking back at the video, it was a homer, but the left fielder made a fantastic catch. Gotta tip my cap on that one.\u201d<\/p>\n

An inning later, the Dodgers put two runs on the board with doubles by Freddie Freeman and Max Muncy and an RBI single by Kyle Tucker.<\/p>\n

That lead was cut in half when Callihan jumped on a first-pitch fastball from Ohtani and sent it 427 feet over the right-field seats for his first major-league home run.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey had a plan to try and move the ball forward as soon as possible and avoid striking out. They made it pretty obvious,\u201d Dodgers catcher Dalton Rushing said. \u201cYoung guy runs into one, so be it. I thought that he executed the ball pretty well. Their whole plan was just hit the first strike you see to avoid striking out.\u201d<\/p>\n

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That was the only mark on Ohtani as he took the mound for the seventh inning, now sitting on a five-run lead after Ryan Ward hit his first career grand slam in the sixth.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing into that inning, the pitch count was pretty, relatively low,\u201d said Ohtani, who threw 81 pitches through six innings. \u201cSo I don\u2019t think so (fatigue). After the two hitters, the two outs felt pretty good. It was just a mis-execution on that 3-0 pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n

He walked the first batter then gave up a single on a swinging bunt. Back-to-back strikeouts had Ohtani on the verge of escaping the inning but he fell behind 3-and-0 to Brandon Lowe \u2013 two of those nipping at the strike zone but unchallenged by the Dodgers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really got close to doing one,\u201d Ohtani said of challenging the calls. \u201cI usually let the catchers make that determination. But looking back, I think situationally, how important it was, that at-bat \u2013 looking back, I think I could have done a few challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rushing (who was catching Ohtani for the first time this season) agreed the calls were questionable but he weighed the situation, knowing the Dodgers had just one challenge left heading into the late innings.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI thought they were balls, maybe one of the two were worth challenging,\u201d Rushing said.<\/p>\n

\u201c(You\u2019re considering) the score of the game, what part of the game, what time of the game are we at? Do we need one late in the game? Do we have two? Do we have one to waste? You never want to go into the eighth, ninth inning without a challenge from an offensive side, especially in a close game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lowe took advantage, lining Ohtani\u2019s 3-and-0 fastball into right field for a two-out, two-run double.<\/p>\n

Ohtani\u2019s pitching night was over, but the Pirates closed the gap further when an error by Muncy led to another run.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe gave up another one but we got out of that inning,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cI still felt we had the game in hand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spoiler alert \u2013 they did not.<\/p>\n

Kyle Hurt took over in the eighth inning. He walked just two batters in his first 14 innings this season but has walked seven in his past eight innings \u2013 including the first two Pirates he faced. That brought up Callihan again.<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t clear the right-field seats this time but Callihan lined a first-pitch changeup from Hurt into the crowd for a three-run home run that gave the Pirates the lead.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t get ahead, fell behind every single hitter, didn\u2019t throw one first-pitch strike \u2013 that leads to damage,\u201d Hurt said. \u201cI just didn\u2019t execute. I had some guys, 3-2, I didn\u2019t execute there either. Just just missing a little bit, I let a few go, sped up a little bit. There\u2019s always tomorrow, so just ready to get back at it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat guy\u2019s swinging a hot bat today. I tried to go first-pitch changeup, tried to get him to roll over, get a ground ball, and did catch too much of the plate and he hit it over the fence, so there was nothing I could do about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hurt gave up two more hits, recording his only out when Jake Mangum was thrown out trying to steal third.\u00a0Jack Dreyer replaced Hurt and ran into his own issues. He gave up a two-run home run to Spencer Horwitz, his third home run allowed in five appearances since returning from the injured list.<\/p>\n

After setting a franchise-record with 38 consecutive scoreless innings in May, the Dodgers\u2019 bullpen has given up 26 runs in 27 innings in June.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I\u2019m seeing more walks than when we were going real well,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cI think when we\u2019re on the attack and kind of imposing our will on those offenses we\u2019re as good as anyone. And I know when you give free passes it sort of builds momentum for the other team. It takes one hit for them to score a run instead of a couple hits to build an inning. I think right now we\u2019re doing a little self-inflicted damage.<\/p>\n

\u201cHitting is hard. When you give away free bases, it just makes it a little easier. That\u2019s something we\u2019ve got to get back to, attacking the strike zone.\u201d<\/p>\n

In danger of being thoroughly overshadowed, Ohtani hit a two-run home run in the ninth inning to close the gap before Pirates left-hander Gregory Soto could close out the game.<\/p>\n

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