News Category: Los Angeles Dodgers

Dodgers aim to exact another measure of revenge vs. D-backs

The Los Angeles Dodgers were swept in the 2023 postseason by the Arizona Diamondbacks, who went on to compete in the World Series. Winning one regular-season game surely doesn’t equate as payback but the Dodgers will take it. In the teams’ first meeting since the postseason, the Dodgers won the opener of a three-game series, 8-4, on Monday in Phoenix. Los Angeles will look to make it two straight wins over the Diamondbacks on Tuesday.

Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers pursue encore against Jays

Shohei Ohtani answered the boos with a first-inning home run Friday to set the tone for the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers against the Toronto Blue Jays. The Dodgers rapped out 19 hits on their way to a 12-2 victory over the Blue Jays in the opener of the three-game series. Los Angeles carries a five-game winning streak into the teams’ Saturday afternoon matchup, while Toronto will look to end a four-game skid. Ohtani was booed

After losing out on Shohei Ohtani, Jays set to face slugger

Toronto fans hoped Shohei Ohtani would be a Blue Jay. Instead, they must settle for a three-game visit by the Los Angeles Dodgers beginning Friday night to see the slugger. There were rumors in December that Ohtani would sign as a free agent with the Blue Jays. There were even false reports that he was on a private jet bound for Toronto. Blue Jays fans’ dream was short-lived when Ohtani signed with the Dodgers. He

Nationals aim to keep Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani in park

Shohei Ohtani had the Los Angeles Dodgers in awe by the end of their Tuesday night game in Washington. His teammates want to do their part to boost the Dodgers in the second game of a three-game set against the Nationals on Wednesday evening. In the series opener, Ohtani hit a ninth-inning home run that traveled 450 feet into the upper deck beyond right field. It registered as the hardest-hit ball in the major leagues

Nationals aim to continue winning trend, host Dodgers

There’s a strange trend in place as the Los Angeles Dodgers and host Washington Nationals begin a three-game series Tuesday night. It’s the Nationals who appear to be the hotter team, while the Dodgers will be looking for some answers at the beginning of a nine-game road trip. While the Dodgers won 10-0 on Sunday against the New York Mets, that was the highlight of a 3-6 homestand. That includes a 1-2 mark against the

Jose Butto, Mets look to extend hot streaks vs. Dodgers

After finding out their improved level of play does indeed travel well, the visiting New York Mets will take a five-game winning streak into a Saturday afternoon game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Mets went 5-1 on their recent homestand, then took down the Dodgers 9-4 in the Friday opener of a three-game series for a fourth victory in their past five road contests. In a wider view, New York is now 11-3 since

Streaking Mets bring confidence against inconsistent Dodgers

After a rough start to the season, the New York Mets now have a full head of steam and will take their improved brand of baseball to the West Coast on a six-game road trip that opens Friday against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Mets are riding a four-game winning streak after a three-game home sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates and have won six of their last seven. Contrast that with a five-game losing streak

Dodgers’ Landon Knack to make MLB debut vs. Nationals

Amid a roster scramble, the Los Angeles Dodgers will add another pitcher to the collection Wednesday afternoon as right-hander Landon Knack is set to make his major league debut against the visiting Washington Nationals. Knack already has been with the club this week in Los Angeles, and manager Dave Roberts confirmed the roster move late Tuesday. The 26-year-old Knack pitched in two games with the major league club during spring training and gave up a

Nationals’ Patrick Corbin hopes to rebound in matchup vs. Dodgers

Intent on getting his season on track, Washington Nationals left-hander Patrick Corbin will visit familiar surroundings on Tuesday night. When he faces Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium, the outing will give Corbin (0-2, 8.44 ERA) his most appearances at a venue he has never called his home park. Once a member of the Dodgers’ National League West rival Arizona Diamondbacks, Corbin will make his 15th outing at Dodger Stadium, but just his fourth there since

Dodgers’ Tyler Glasnow takes aim at Nationals

It’s hard for a pitcher to be any better than Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Tyler Glasnow was in his most recent start last Tuesday at Minnesota. Since pitch count was tracked officially for the first time in 1988, Glasnow became the first pitcher to strike out 14 hitters while using less than 90 pitches. He threw 88 and matched his career high in strikeouts during seven shutout innings in a 6-3 win. Glasnow (3-0, 2.25