The Pirates were 29th best prospect. Ohtani had the best ERA in baseball. Neither mattered.

Tyler Callihan stepped into the box at PNC Park on June 10 with something to prove — and against the most dominant pitcher on the planet, he delivered the game of his life.

First Two Career Homers. Same Game.

Callihan became the first Pirates player to hit his first two career homers in the same game since Ryan Doumit (July 19, 2005 vs. Houston). He's just the 13th Pirate ever to do it — Doggie Miller was the first, all the way back in 1886.

Shohei Ohtani came in with a 0.74 ERA — the best in baseball. He left 6.2 innings later with his ERA at 1.06, having surrendered six hits and season highs in runs and earned runs. The Dodgers led 6-3 when he exited. A fifth straight win seemed like a formality.

Then Callihan happened.

427
Feet — 4th Inning HR
Off 97.8 mph Ohtani fastball
2-2
Bats
4 RBI, 3 R, 2 HR
3rd
Person to HR off Ohtani in 2026
First was someone else entirely
394
Feet — 8th Inning HR
Off 88.8 mph Kyle Hurt changeup
1st
Callihan's first career homer came on a first-pitch 97.8 mph four-seam fastball from Ohtani in the 4th inning — 427 feet into the right field stands, bouncing into the Allegheny River. He took it 107.3 mph off the bat.
2nd
His go-ahead three-run blast came in the 8th on a first-pitch 88.8 mph changeup from Kyle Hurt, with Nick Gonzales and Rafael Flores Jr. on base. 101.4 mph off the bat, 394 feet. Pirates led 7-6 and never looked back.
3rd
Ohtani wasn't done. Pinch hitting in the 9th, he launched his 12th homer of the season — a two-run shot off Gregory Soto to make it 9-8 and give the Dodgers a heartbeat. Gregory Soto shut the door for his 9th save.
"I knew if I could get one just a little bit elevated, I had a shot. That's my gameplan going into the second at-bat." — Tyler Callihan, per SI.com

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Spencer Horwitz added a two-run shot later in the 8th off Jack Dreyer, stretching the Pirates' lead to 9-6. Brandon Lowe's two-out two-run double in the 7th had already chased Ohtani from the game.

The comeback win was just Pittsburgh's third this season when trailing after seven innings. It ended a four-game losing streak and kept them in the thick of the NL Central race.

Callihan took a curtain call on the dugout steps. He'd earned it.

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