Shohei Ohtani

Jack Kochanowicz tossed one-run ball over 6 2/3 innings, Yoán Moncada hit a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 in the Freeway Series opener Friday night. The last-place Angels led 2-0 on Moncada’s homer on his first pitch from Dustin May in the first inning. May hit Matthew Lugo and Tim Anderson back-to-back…

Shohei Ohtani homered twice and drove in six runs on his bobblehead night, and the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Athletics 19-2 on Thursday night to remain unbeaten in their last six series. After losing the opener 11-1, the Dodgers outscored the Athletics 28-5 over the final two games while improving to 17-4 at home, best in the majors. The…

Pinch-hitter Miguel Rojas doubled in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers hit four home runs while rallying past the Athletics 9-3 on Wednesday night. Shohei Ohtani hit a 403-foot leadoff homer in the first inning to get the scoring started. Andy Pages followed with a 417-foot shot on his first pitch in the second,…

Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run homer to cap a six-run ninth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a wild 14-11 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.  Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run homer to cap a six-run ninth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a wild 14-11 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. The Dodgers trailed…

Jesús Sánchez singled with the bases loaded in the 10th inning, lifting the Miami Marlins to a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night. Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman homered for the Dodgers, who lost for only the second time in their last 10 games. With automatic runner Xavier Edwards on second to start the 10th,...

Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers roughed up Sandy Alcántara again for a 7-4 win over the Miami Marlins on Monday night. Mookie Betts and Teoscar Hernández each had two hits for the Dodgers, who have won eight of nine and began a 10-game road trip. Hernández left in the fourth because of tightness in his...

Freddie Freeman homered and drove in four runs, Shohei Ohtani also went deep and Roki Sasaki earned his first major league win as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 10-3 on Saturday night for their seventh straight victory. The Dodgers have won the first two games of the series to improve to 5-0 against Atlanta this year. Los…

Shohei Ohtani’s “Dad Strength” is finally beginning to kick in as the Los Angeles Dodgers’ slugger hit his first home run since the birth of his daughter to jump-start a 15-2 victory over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night. Shohei Ohtani’s “Dad Strength” is finally beginning to kick in as the Los Angeles Dodgers’ slugger hit his first home...

Shohei Ohtani returned to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lineup Sunday after his wife gave birth to the couple’s first child in Southern California.

Congratulations are in order for Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani and his wife, Mamiko Tanaka, who gave birth to their daughter.

Shohei Ohtani is away from the Los Angeles Dodgers for the birth of the two-way superstar’s first child. Manager Dave Roberts said before the Dodgers’ series opener Friday night in Texas that Ohtani was with his wife. Ohtani was placed on MLB’s paternity list. “He and Mamiko are expecting at some point. That’s all I know,” Roberts said. “I...

Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman homered in the Dodgers’ seven-run first inning, and Los Angeles held on for an 8-7 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night. Andy Pages drove in three runs and Austin Barnes had a two-run double for the Dodgers, who blew most of an early 7-1 lead before their bullpen secured the series sweep with…

Mookie Betts hit a two-run homer, Shohei Ohtani also went deep and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Colorado 5-3 on Monday night, sending the major league-worst Rockies to their fourth straight loss. The Rockies have dropped six of seven, but they scored for the first time since last Thursday on Kyle Farmer’s RBI double in the sixth. They were...

James Wood hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning that helped the Washington Nationals hold off Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 on Monday night for their third straight victory. Ohtani homered, tripled, singled and walked, finishing 3 for 4 with two RBIs. MacKenzie Gore (1-1) pitched six solid innings for the Nationals, and Wood’s drive off…

Shohei Ohtani hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning on his bobblehead night, lifting the unbeaten Los Angeles Dodgers over the winless Atlanta Braves 6-5 on Wednesday. The Dodgers improved to 8-0, the best start ever by a defending World Series champion. Max Muncy tied the game with a two-run double in the eighth off Atlanta reliever Raisel…

Dodgers faithful lined up for hours in Chavez Ravine Wednesday morning to ensure they get one of the exclusive Shohei Ohtani MVP bobbleheads, the first Dodger Stadium giveaway of the 2025 season. Initially reserved for the first 40,000 fans at Wednesday afternoon’s game, the Dodgers later said on X that all fans in attendance will receive the Ohtani MVP bobblehead….

Dodgers faithful lined up for hours in Chavez Ravine Wednesday morning to ensure they get one of 40,000 exclusive Shohei Ohtani MVP bobbleheads. This video was broadcast on the NBC4 News at 11 a.m. on April 2, 2025.

There’s a Dodger for almost every day of the week on Major League Baseball’s list of the 20 most popular player jerseys for 2025. Six Dodgers appear on the list, topped by two-way superstar and reigning National League MVP Shohei Ohtani. The list, released by MLB and MLB Players, Inc., is based on sales of Nike jerseys from the Fanatics…

LOS ANGELES — The echoes of last October’s triumph still reverberated through Chavez Ravine as the Los Angeles Dodgers kicked off their 2025 home slate in the most Hollywood way possible.  The pregame festivities began with a blue carpet that stretched all the way from center field to the infield, a royal procession for the reigning champions. Fireworks cracked, smoke…

Ippei Mizuhara, Dodger star Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, was slated to begin serving his prison sentence but that date has been pushed back for reasons undisclosed. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 24, 2025.