ANAHEIM, Calif.—Shohei Ohtani hit a 493-foot home run Friday night—the longest of his major league career— to become the ninth player to reach 30 homers in a season by July 1. The Los Angeles Angels’ two-way superstar drove a slider from Arizona Diamondbacks left-hander Tommy Henry to right field in the sixth inning to get…

PHOENIX—Josh Rojas had his second straight three-hit game, Pavin Smith drove in three runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks got 16 hits in an 11–6 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers 11–6 on Sunday, April 9. Every Arizona starter had at least one hit as the Diamondbacks followed a 12-run, 17-hit effort Saturday with another easy…

PHOENIX—Dustin May threw six dominant innings, Freddie Freeman hit a solo homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers won 5–2 in the home opener for the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night, April 6. May (1–0) gave up one run on just two hits, striking out five and walking two. The 25-year-old May—whose fastball occasionally hits 100…

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. scored on Jake McCarthy’s bunt single in the top of the ninth inning to lift the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 2–1 win over the host Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday, April 2. Gurriel, Christian Walker and Geraldo Perdomo each had two hits for the Diamondbacks, who split the season-opening four-game series despite…

LOS ANGELES—Trayce Thompson hit three home runs and become the first player to drive in eight or more runs in a season debut since the RBI became an official statistic in 1920, helping Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers roll to a 10-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night, April 1. Thompson…

LOS ANGELES—So much for Mookie Betts having the night off. The Los Angeles Dodgers needed his bat in the ninth inning and their All-Star came up big off the bench. Max Muncy hit a tying infield single and Betts singled home the winning run with two outs, helping the Dodgers edge the Arizona Diamondbacks 3–2…

Madison Bumgarner turned back the clock on Wednesday, Sept.21, giving up one run on one hit over six innings as the Arizona Diamondbacks finished off a 6–1 victory over the host Los Angeles Dodgers. In his 40th career start against the Dodgers, Bumgarner earned the win over his longtime National League West nemesis for the…

LOS ANGELES—Rookie Miguel Vargas drove in the go-ahead run with an infield single in a five-run eighth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied past the Arizona Diamondbacks 6–5 Tuesday for their MLB-leading 44th comeback win in the first game of a doubleheader. “We did everything we could to give them the game and they…

LOS ANGELES—Drey Jameson pitched six strong innings in his second big league game and Ketel Marte homered as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–2 Tuesday, Sept. 20, to split a doubleheader. The Dodgers won the opener 6–5 as rookie Miguel Vargas drove in the go-ahead run with an infield single in a…

PHOENIX—Sergio Alcántara used a translator for most of his postgame interview following his three-run homer in the 10th inning that lifted the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–3 on Wednesday night. The questions would come in English. Alcantara responded in Spanish. That is, until he was asked if he was looking for a…