The Los Angeles Dodgers wanted to give Shohei Ohtani a break. He responded with his first homer since April 26. With their best player struggling early in the season, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told ...

On a night where Ichiro Suzuki was being immortalized in bronze, some 17 hours north, Shohei Ohtani was breaking a record set by his countryman in 2009. With a single in the fifth inning of Friday’s ...

Only two pitchers in the history of baseball have a better ERA through their first 10 starts in a season. You can probably ...

When the National League finally adopted the designated hitter in 2022, it immediately changed the daily strategy for managers in a significant and stark way. An entire brand of baseball disappeared ...

Shohei Ohtani needed just one well-spotted fastball to Corbin Carroll to get out of the only real jam of his start against ...

The two-time defending World Series champions have hit a rough patch. The Dodgers lost again to the Giants on Tuesday (SF 6, LA 2) and have lost four straight games by at least four runs for the first ...

PHOENIX (AP) — Shohei Ohtani threw six scoreless innings, Kyle Tucker hit a two-run homer into the Chase Field pool and the ...

LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani is getting a break from the batter’s box for two days. The struggling Los Angeles Dodgers star hit just his second home run in his last 24 games — an opposite field solo ...

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani had a phenomenal night at the plate and on the mound against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday. Ohtani started on the mound for Los Angeles and batted leadoff.

How bad had Shohei Ohtani’s recent hitting slump gotten? Bad enough, that manager Dave Roberts said the two-way star will be out of the Dodgers’ lineup –– at least as a hitter –– the next two nights.

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - MAY 20: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates after a double play against the San Diego Padres during the fifth inning at Petco Park on May 20, 2026 in San ...