Prep talk: Max Fried vs. Jack Flaherty excites Harvard-Westlake fans
What a morning it was on Wednesday for Harvard-Westlake coaches, players and fans. If they had access to the Internet or a television, they wanted…
Mookie Betts hits walk-off homer in Dodgers’ win over Detroit
Five months removed from one storybook ending, the Dodgers are already penning another Hollywood-worthy script.It started last week in Japan, when the defending World Series…
Former Dodgers pitcher Jack Flaherty is heading back to Detroit
At the start of the offseason, Los Angeles native and Dodgers World Series champion Jack Flaherty voiced his desire to remain with his hometown team.But…
Andy Pages, Brent Honeywell big in Dodgers’ NLCS Game 5 loss
NEW YORK — The list of Dodgers center fielders to hit two home runs in a postseason game was not long. It consisted of one player,…
Dodgers pitchers zero in on MLB history in Game 1 win over Mets
Bats have flailed, balls have soared, runners have sprinted, and still…Nobody can score off the Dodgers!The New York Mets came to town Sunday as the…
Dodgers still working on starting pitching plan for NLDS vs. Mets
The players’ voices were still hoarse. The clubhouse carpet was still sticky. But, less than 24 hours after a booze-soaked National League Division Series celebration…
Jurickson Profar sets tone for Padres in Game 2 win over Dodgers
The home run music started blaring through the Dodger Stadium speakers. Mookie Betts began rounding the bases and pointing toward the bullpen.Just like the previous…
Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start for Dodgers in NLDS Game 1 vs. Padres
The Dodgers have switched their rotation for the National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres, moving Yoshinobu Yamamoto to Game 1 on Saturday…
Shohei Ohtani, uncertain pitching: Areas of confidence, concern for Dodgers postseason
You might have heard, but Shohei Ohtani had quite the season. And for as dominant as he was overall (.309 batting average, 54 home runs,…
Tyler Glasnow done? Dodgers’ annual meltdown begins now
Usually the Dodgers wait until October to collapse.This season, they’re getting a head start.Usually the Dodgers wait until their first postseason opponent actually shows up…
Jack Flaherty shines, Shohei Ohtani hits 46th homer in Dodgers win
For as bad as the Dodgers’ pitching situation looks here in the final month of the season, there’s a world where it could have been…
Jack Flaherty good, but Dodgers need great in loss to Orioles
Jack Flaherty has been good for the Dodgers since coming over in a deadline trade last month. He has three wins in five starts. He…
Dodgers’ hitters boost Jack Flaherty, seal win over Pirates
The standing ovation that Jack Flaherty received from a Dodger Stadium crowd of 48,664 when he departed in the sixth inning of Friday night’s 9-5…
Pitching for the Dodgers at Chavez Ravine was Jack Flaherty’s destiny
Even before he learned how to walk, Dodger Stadium has been part of Jack Flaherty’s origin story.It’s where the new Dodgers pitcher first visited at…
Jack Flaherty delivers strong start, Dodgers rout Athletics
OAKLAND — There was no primal scream, no exaggerated fist pump, and very little outward emotion from the Dodgers’ newest pitcher. Instead, in the defining…
Clayton Kershaw stuggles, Padres sweep Dodgers to close gap in NL West
SAN DIEGO — The Dodgers have yet to receive the boosts of their five trade deadline player acquisitions.Over the final two months of the season, they’ll…
L.A. native Jack Flaherty excited for Dodgers, downplays back concerns
SAN DIEGO — Jack Flaherty wasn’t exactly hoping the Dodgers would trade for him this week.When the Los Angeles native, Harvard-Westlake product and childhood Dodgers fan…
Plaschke: Jack Flaherty gives Dodgers dramatic trade deadline victory
Far away from a field, hours before a game, Andrew Friedman just hammered out the biggest hit of the Dodger season.Trading for the Detroit Tigers’…
Bryce Rainer of Harvard-Westlake selected in first round of MLB draft
Bryce Rainer, a shortstop from Harvard-Westlake High, was taken No. 11 overall by the Detroit Tigers in Sunday’s Major League Baseball amateur draft.He comes from…
Davis Daniel pitches shutout in starting debut as Angels beat Tigers
Davis Daniel pitched four-hit ball over eight innings and struck out eight in his first major league start, and the Angels defeated the Detroit Tigers…