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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 …

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 …

PHILADELPHIA — On the mound, he self-destructed in a second inning that nearly placed the game out of his team’s reach. In the batter’s box, he struck out four times for only the seventh time in his career. A two-way player for the first time in a postseason game, Shohei Ohtani didn’t save the Dodgers on Saturday night. Instead, Ohtani was the …

PHILADELPHIA — The last time Shohei Ohtani took the mound against the Philadelphia Phillies, it was the first time all year he looked like a true starting pitcher again. Ohtani, of course, had pitched plenty before that Sept. 16 game at Dodger Stadium, when he spun five no-hit innings against a Phillies team on the verge of a National League East division …

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 …

This year, October started a day early for the Dodgers. Thanks to their underwhelming regular season, their march toward postseason history began before the month even started. This season’s team, coaches and players acknowledged repeatedly in recent weeks, had played their way into this spot: Having to begin the playoffs on the last day of September, in a daunting best-of-three …

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani sent an earnest message to starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw following his final regular season start at Dodger Stadium on Friday. Kershaw announced he would close the curtain on his career after the 2025 season on Thursday, ending a remarkable 18 seasons in MLB. “Congratulations on an amazing, storybook, Hall of Fame career,” the …

Shohei Ohtani said he is prepared to make a six-inning start in October. He said he is open to pitching out of the bullpen, even if remaining in the game after a relief appearance might require him to play in the outfield. His unspoken reasons for wanting to do so are obvious: The Dodgers are terrible. They aren’t terrible compared …

Shohei Ohtani is flirting with the idea of playing the outfield this October.  The Dodgers’ two-way superstar, who hasn’t been penciled in as a position player since the 2021 season, said he was open to a position change if it helps his team this postseason. “I’ve had different conversations with different people, and of course that’s come up,” Ohtani told …

The Dodgers are getting pretty good at this whole “carry a no-hitter into the later innings and still lose” thing. Shohei Ohtani exited after five innings Tuesday night after not allowing a hit to the Phillies, only to see the first reliever surrender a four-run lead in a 9-6 home loss. This tough setback comes not long after Yoshinobu Yamamoto …