LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman got his 2,000th hit, reaching the milestone with a double in the eighth inning of a 6–5 loss to the Houston Astros in 11 innings Sunday night, June 25. Freeman’s sharp line drive to right field was his second double of the game and drove in Mookie…

LOS ANGELES—Trailing by two runs in the eighth inning, the Los Angeles Dodgers got help from Houston’s relievers and the umpire. James Outman scored the go-ahead run on a balk by Ryan Stanek and the Dodgers rallied to beat the Astros 8–7 on Saturday for their fourth straight victory. Stanek, his long blond hair flying,…

Commentary When the University of Oklahoma softball team showed up for the College World Series last week, reporters expected to hear pride and camaraderie from a squad on the way to winning its third consecutive national championship. But several star Sooners players startled the press and went viral online by declaring that their joy in Christianity trumped their…

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Freddie Freeman hit his 14th homer off Shohei Ohtani in the fourth inning, and seven relievers combined on a two-hitter in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ second straight shutout victory in the Freeway Series, 2–0 over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night, June 21. Ohtani (6–3) pitched seven innings of five-hit ball with two…

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Miguel Rojas doubled and scored on Michael Busch’s high-bouncing single in the eighth after Clayton Kershaw and Reid Detmers dueled through seven scoreless innings, and the Los Angeles Dodgers opened the Freeway Series with a 2–0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night, June 20. Will Smith added an RBI single in…

Luis Matos doubled in two runs in a four-run sixth inning as the red-hot San Francisco Giants ran their winning streak to seven games by completing a weekend sweep of the host Los Angeles Dodgers 7–3 on Sunday, June 18. LaMonte Wade Jr. also drove in two runs, giving him six for the three-game series,…

LOS ANGELES—One swing of Freddie Freeman’s bat changed everything for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Coming off a 2–4 road trip, the Dodgers were in danger of losing a fourth consecutive series until Freeman singled to deep center field with the bases loaded in the 11th inning, giving them a 5–4 victory over the Chicago White…

LOS ANGELES—Clint Frazier singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Chicago White Sox beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8–4 on Wednesday night after losing starter Mike Clevinger and manager Pedro Grifol. “That was a gutsy, gutsy win,” said Grifol, who watched part of the game from his office before joining some…

Will Smith and David Peralta hit first-inning home runs, Tony Gonsolin went six scoreless innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers earned a 5–1 victory against the visiting Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, June 13. Gonsolin (4–1) gave up two hits with six strikeouts as the Dodgers returned from a disappointing 2–4 road trip to Cincinnati…

J.D. Martinez Homers as Dodgers Pound Phillies on Saturday J.D. Martinez belted a three-run homer and rookie Bobby Miller scattered three hits over six innings to lift the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers to a 9–0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday, June 10. Martinez’s blast capped a six-run seventh inning for the Dodgers, who…