After giving up consecutive singles to Fernando Tatis Jr. and Luis Arraez, Manny Machado hits a sacrifice fly out of the zone to give San Diego an early lead. The defense then helped Ohtani as Gavin Sheets grounded out to second base and Xander Bogaerts grounded out to third base to end the inning.

The Los Angeles Dodgers may have seen their one of their top rivals in the San Francisco Giants acquire Boston Red Sox superstar Rafael Devers, but they were ge

"Yeah, it changed quite a bit," Ohtani told the Japanese media, according to a translation from DodgersBeat. "My arm slot dropped, and that was mainly due to better coordination with my lower body. At this stage, we felt that lowering the angle would give us the best results, so it happened naturally."

Ohtani has been recovering from elbow surgery he had in the fall of 2023. The two-way superstar faced the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium. As expected, he did not pitch deep into the game. Ohtani pitched just the first inning, throwing 28 pitches, 16 of them strikes.

Dodgers outfielder Andy Pages and Padres pitcher Dylan Cease offered insight on a controversial in-game incident.

Therefore, the Dodgers could still use Alcantara in the rotation. The Marlins finished last in the NL East in 2024 and are on track to do so again in 2025, so they will likely be

After the San Francisco Giants acquired Rafael Devers, one of the Dodgers' starting pitchers, Clayton Kershaw, was very complimentary of the rival organization.

While closer Tanner Scott had early-season struggles, he is also coming off his seventh-straight scoreless appearance. If Scott is hitting his stride, Helsley could slot into the eighth inning and give Los Angeles an excellent one-two punch in the backend of the bullpen.

Manny Machado had downplayed Andy Pages after the Dodgers-Padres game while taking a shot at the Dodgers stars.

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Andy Pages believes San Diego Padres pitcher Dylan Cease hit him on purpose in Monday night's game.Pages gave Cease a piece of his mind after the right-hander drilled him with a fastball inside in the bottom of the fourth inning.