Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Ryan Pepiot is scheduled to undergo a season-ending hip surgery with the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Dodgers completed their stretch of 13 games in 13 days and were just 6-7. But they bucked a trend in recent years of constantly churning through pitchers on the roster to get through long stretches.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani struck out nine in six effective innings Tuesday night and did not bat for the Los Angeles Dodgers, his second start on the mound this season without hitting. The 31-year-old two-way superstar gave up two runs,

The Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar is red-hot from the mound right now.

For five years, Shohei Ohtani had been his team’s designated hitter every time he took the mound for a pitching start.

The decision to have Ohtani pitch but not hit on Tuesday was part of the Dodgers’ efforts to keep Ohtani healthy and able to take on a full workload as a pitcher for the first time since 2023.

Shota Imanaga will start on the mound for the Chicago Cubs in Game 3. The Japanese southpaw posted an excellent first month to the new season after a disappointing 2025 campaign. He pitched 29.0 innings over his first five starts with a 2.17 ERA and 32 strikeouts.

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani is easily one of the biggest superstars in all of the sports world. Ohtani has transcended what it means to be an athlete in the sport of baseball,