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New York Times
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- New York Times
Red Sox closer Aroldis Chapman leaves game in eighth inning
Days before the trade deadline, Boston Red Sox closer Aroldis Chapman exited Sunday's game in the middle of the eighth inning. With the Red Sox clinging to a 4-3 lead against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chapman entered the game to face a tough pocket in the lineup beginning with No. 9 hitter Miguel Rojas. He walked Rojas on five pitches, the last ball coming on a pitch clock violation. Chapman's velocity, noticeably down, with his fastball averaging 94.7 mph compared to his normally electric 98.5 mph average this season, as he struggled to find the zone. Advertisement The left-hander stayed in and walked Mookie Betts on five pitches before getting Shohei Ohtani to fly out before manager Alex Cora and a trainer came out to the mound. After a brief discussion, Chapman exited the game and Jordan Hicks entered to finish off the eighth. Hicks collected his second save for the Red Sox with 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Chapman pitched Saturday night, making 17 pitches and picking up the save in a 4-2 win. The Red Sox have not yet announced a status update for Chapman. The 37-year-old closer is in the midst of one of the best seasons of his 16-year career with a 1.30 ERA and 0.82 WHIP, along with a 39.1 percent strikeout rate and a career-low 7.1 percent walk rate heading into Sunday. Chapman signed a one-year, $10.75 million deal last offseason with the Red Sox, who won an important series against the Dodgers but now approach the trade deadline with concerns over the lefty's health.
Yahoo
2 days ago
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Shohei Ohtani gives Fenway rude greeting; hits solo Homerun Saturday
It did not take long for Shohei Ohtani to greet the fans in Boston on Saturday. In fact, it was three pitchers until the game, and he took Garrett Crochet deep to put the Los Angeles Dodgers up 1-0 on the Boston Red Sox. The home run was his National League-leading 38th of the season. The lead was an effort to give the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers their fourth straight win on the road. It was his sixth home run in his last seven games. MORE: Aaron Judge officially placed on injured list Ohtani came into the game hitting .273 on the season. The RBI was his 71st of the season, and it was his 110th hit of the season. He has also pitched 12 innings over six starts this season, and struck out 13 batters, and holds a 1.50 earned run average. In the same inning, Teoscar Hernandez also hit a solo home run to make it 2-0 before the home team even got to the plate. MORE MLB News: The New York Yankees acquire Ryan McMahon from the Colorado Rockies Bryce Harper: 350 homeruns. But, who's next to pass? Kyle Schwarber makes history with fifth inning homerun against Yankees Milwaukee surges to 60 wins and National League's best record Toronto fans urged to lock in Bo Bichette before free agency Polar Bear Pete extends impressive streak in win over Cincinnati Dodgers avoid absolute disaster amid poor play MLB insider reports Guardians listening to trade offers on relievers
New York Times
5 days ago
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- New York Times
Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani homers in career-best fifth straight game
Shohei Ohtani's solution for the sliding Los Angeles Dodgers: take on even more of the load himself. The reigning National League MVP continued his torrid stretch on Wednesday afternoon, launching a home run in his fifth consecutive game in the first inning against the Minnesota Twins' Chris Paddack. Advertisement The solo blast, which extended Ohtani's longest career streak of games with a home run (along with the most ever for a Japanese-born player), allowed the slugger to regain sole possession of the National League home run lead with 37. It also was an early spark for a Dodgers team that has lost 11 of its last 14 and whose relief pitching hit 'rock bottom' just hours prior, as Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday night. 5 STRAIGHT GAMES WITH A HOMER FOR SHOHEI — MLB (@MLB) July 23, 2025 'I feel he's trying to will his way to kind of getting us over the hump,' Roberts said this weekend. So continued Ohtani's Tungsten-like stretch, pouncing on a hanging two-strike curveball from Paddack and launching it 441 feet to center field. The stretch marked the seventh time in club history that a player has hit home runs in five consecutive games, and the first time since Max Muncy in 2019. First came a two-run blast off of All-Star right-hander Freddy Peralta, crushing a ball to left center field to spark the Dodgers to come back and tie Saturday's game against the Milwaukee Brewers (they'd lose, 8-7). He gave the Dodgers their first lead after the break with a two-run homer he sliced into the home bullpen in left field on Sunday – the Dodgers would fall, 6-5. After surrendering his first home run as a pitcher in a Dodger uniform on Monday, the two-way star got his run back with a two-run shot to center off of David Festa. 'It's easy to really fall into the trap of getting a little bit tense, especially when the mood is not that great,' Ohtani said Monday through interpreter Will Ireton. 'So it's really trying to balance and find a way to stay relaxed while you play. And at the same time, yeah, I do feel responsible for it.' The streak continued into Tuesday night, when he crushed a ninth-inning home run off of Twins closer Jhoan Durán in an eventual 10-7 loss. It marked the first home run Durán had allowed all season. Advertisement 'Seems like every night he's doing his part,' Roberts said. 'He's not letting the scoreboard dictate his effort.' The Dodgers offense has been in need of someone to carry it. Entering Wednesday, they had the third-worst team OPS in July (.649) in large part due to the absence of Max Muncy and the continued struggles of proven stars like Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Teoscar Hernández. Still, the Dodgers have downplayed the idea of adding a bat before next week's trade deadline. 'I think you get Muncy back and we're talking about future Hall of Famers in Freddie and Mookie that haven't been performing up to what our expectations are,' Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes said. 'I feel strongly those guys will get it back on track and then as some of the other guys get back into a groove.' (Top photo of Shohei Ohtani rounding the bases after his 37th home run of the season: Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images)
Al Arabiya
22-07-2025
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- Al Arabiya
Shohei Ohtani gives up his first homer of the season, then hits a 2-run shot of his own
Shohei Ohtani gave up his first home run of the season when Minnesota's Byron Buxton took him deep. He promptly answered with a two-run shot of his own. The Los Angeles Dodgers' two-way superstar left a breaking ball over the plate on his second pitch of the game, and Buxton drove it 410 feet to the left field pavilion on Monday night. It was just the second time in six appearances as an opener this season that Ohtani has allowed a run. Ohtani topped Buxton in the bottom of the inning. He blasted a two-run shot—his 35th of the season—441 feet into center field off David Festa, giving the Dodgers a 2-1 lead after Mookie Betts led off with a walk. He struck out swinging in the third. Ohtani is the first Dodgers pitcher to homer in the first inning since Rick Rhoden at Montreal in July 1977. He has homered in three straight games for the slumping Dodgers, who have lost six straight at home for the first time since September 2017. Ohtani allowed one run and four hits in three innings. He struck out three and walked one on 46 pitches, 30 for strikes. 'I like the demeanor on the mound,' Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said before the game. 'What to improve on, I think the only thing right now in this small sample is just to continue to build up. The fastball strike-throwing, the secondaries are all in a good spot.' Ohtani pitched three scoreless innings against the San Francisco Giants in his previous mound start as he continues to work his way back from elbow surgery. He did not pitch at all last season, his first for the Dodgers.
Associated Press
22-07-2025
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- Associated Press
Shohei Ohtani gives up his first homer of the season, then hits a 2-run shot of his own
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani gave up his first home run of the season when Minnesota's Byron Buxton took him deep. He promptly answered with a two-run shot of his own. The Los Angeles Dodgers' two-way superstar left a breaking ball over the plate on his second pitch of the game and Buxton drove it 410 feet to the left field pavilion on Monday night. It was just the second time in six appearances as an opener this season that Ohtani has allowed a run. Ohtani topped Buxton in the bottom of the inning. He blasted a two-run shot — his 35th of the season — 441 feet into center field off David Festa, giving the Dodgers a 2-1 lead after Mookie Betts led off with a walk. He struck out swinging in the third. Ohtani is the first Dodgers pitcher to homer in the first inning since Rick Rhoden at Montreal in July 1977. He has homered in three straight games for the slumping Dodgers, who have lost six straight at home for the first time since September 2017. Ohtani allowed one run and four hits in three innings. He struck out three and walked one on 46 pitches, 30 for strikes. 'I like the demeanor on the mound,' Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said before the game. 'What to improve on I think the only thing right now in this small sample is just to continue to build up. The fastball, strike-throwing, the secondaries are all in a good spot.' Ohtani pitched three scoreless innings against the San Francisco Giants in his previous mound start as he continues to work his way back from elbow surgery. He did not pitch at all last season, his first for the Dodgers. ___ AP MLB:
