The Padres scored a run off Shohei Ohtani in the first inning, but the Dodgers offense scored six times off Dylan Cease in the third and fourth innings, and cruised to a 6-3 win Monday night.

Shohei Ohtani gave up a pair of two-strike hits and a run in his Los Angeles Dodgers pitching debut against the San Diego ...

Shohei Ohtani made a successful return for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He pitched and hit well against the San Diego Padres.

An elbow surgery has forced Ohtani to be away from the mound for over a year, but he finally got the green light to pitch in ...

His first pitch was a 97.6 mph fastball low in the strike zone that Fernando Tatis Jr. fouled off. Ohtani got Tatis to swing and miss at a 98.3 mph fastball before the Padres right fielder hit an ...

Shohei Ohtani gave up an early run in his pitching debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers, but quickly made up for it at the plate ...

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani wobbled through a 28-pitch first inning at home against the San Diego Padres ...

Shohei Ohtani allowed an early run in his pitching debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers, but quickly made up for it with two ...

San Diego Padres' Xander Bogaerts bats during a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, in Los Angeles, Monday, June ...

Shohei Ohtani allowed an early run in his pitching debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers, but quickly made up for it with two ...

Cease saw Los Angeles bat around in the fourth, while scoring five runs to take a 6-2 lead en route to a 6-3 win at Dodger ...