Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news. From Mike DiGiovanna : There figured to be at least one benefit to Shohei Ohtani being reduced to a one-way star while he recovers from Tommy John surgery this season, one that Dodgers manager Dave Roberts hinted at in spring training.
With Ohtani, who spent four of his six seasons in Anaheim as a starting pitcher and designated hitter, focused almost exclusively on offense, could he be an even more lethal slugger than he was in 2021 and 2023, when he won American League most valuable player awards with the Angels? The numbers say yes. Ohtani led off Tuesday night’s game against the Chicago White Sox with a home run, he walked and scored on Freddie Freeman ’s third-inning homer, and he drove in the eventual winning run with a two-out single in the fourth to help push the Dodgers to a 4-3 victory in Guaranteed Rate Field. Bobby Miller was roughed up for three runs and four hits in two innings, but six relievers—Michael Peterson, Yohan Ramirez, Anthony Banda, Blake Treinen, Daniel Hudson and Evan Phillips—combined for seven scoreless innings, as the Dodgers reached the half-way point of the season with a 50-31 record.
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