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MILWAUKEE — Technically, Roki Sasaki was available to pitch in relief for the Dodgers on Tuesday night. Realistically, he wasn’t. “I wouldn’t say unavailable,” manager Dave Roberts said before the game. “But it is unlikely that we will use him.” The Dodgers had only one potential silver bullet, and it wasn’t even loaded for Game 2 of the National League Championship Series. …

MILWAUKEE — Entering this week’s National League Championship Series, the Dodgers’ pitching plan seemed simple. After Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tyler Glasnow started the final two games of the team’s NL Division Series victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, Shohei Ohtani and Blake Snell were next in line for Games 1 and 2 of the NLCS against the Milwaukee Brewers. All the Dodgers needed …

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MILWAUKEE — Shota Imanaga’s nickname roughly translates to “The Throwing Philosopher,” a descriptor for his studious approach to pitching and commitment to his craft. Up close, the Chicago Cubs have seen how the Japanese lefty sifts through information, reads hitters’ swings and makes adjustments in the moment. To beat the best team in baseball, Imanaga will need all of that …

Batters try all sorts to get themselves right when they’re having a bad day at the plate. Some go and splash some water on their face. Others offer up a prayer. Shohei Ohtani found a simple solution in his playoff pitching debut on Saturday night: why not just go and strike out nine from the mound? “It’s really never been …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani will make his postseason pitching debut when he starts for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 of the National League Division Series. The Dodgers open the best-of-five series on Saturday in Philadelphia. “Very talented ballclub. It’s going to be a fun environment,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “I think …

CHICAGO — Manny Machado hit a two-run homer, Mason Miller dominated again and the San Diego Padres beat the Chicago Cubs 3-0 on Wednesday, sending their NL Wild Card Series to a decisive third game. Jackson Merrill hit an early sacrifice fly as San Diego avoided elimination after losing 3-1 on Tuesday. Dylan Cease struck out five in 3⅔ innings …

BOSTON — In an unsurprising development, the Red Sox and Yankees won’t be playing any matinees during their best-of-three Wild Card Series in New York this week. Major League Baseball announced that Boston and New York will play Game 1 at 6:08 p.m. ET on Tuesday and Game 2 at the same time the following day. Game 3, if necessary, …

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — For the second time in just a few weeks, the Red Sox are calling up a left-handed pitching prospect to make his major league debut. Boston is summoning southpaw Connelly Early to Sacramento to start Tuesday’s game against the Athletics in place of righty Dustin May, who is headed to the injured list, according to sources. …

BOSTON — For anyone savoring potentially memorable firsts, Friday’s Red Sox game against the Pirates, a 4-2 win for Pittsburgh, had quite a few. It was Pirate righty Paul Skenes’ first time pitching at Fenway Park, his first time facing Red Sox promising rookie Roman Anthony and obviously his first matchup against Payton Tolle, Boston’s 22-year-old lefty, who was making …