The two-way show at Dodger Stadium came to an early end when Shohei Ohtani was pinch-hit for as a precaution in the seventh inning of Friday night’s 4-3 comeback victory over the Padres.

Ohtani felt some tightness in his right biceps in his final at-bat in the bottom of the sixth inning, after he had completed a quality start on a season-high 110 pitches. The biceps only bothered him while he was swinging, not pitching. He said that he also dealt with a fleeting issue with the same biceps earlier in the season, and it did not bother him for long.

“It’s the same location that I felt a couple months ago,” Ohtani said through interpreter Will Ireton. “It went away pretty relatively quickly, so I expect that to happen again. … On the swing, I did feel it, but I was able to play through it.”

While Ohtani said he felt good enough to play moving forward, manager Dave Roberts said Ohtani would be out of the lineup for Saturday night’s game to give him a full day to recover. The Dodgers will assess whether Ohtani needs additional time off afterward.

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