Dodgers continue ‘to bet on’ Michael Conforto, but can he break slump?
PHOENIX — The skill Michael Conforto has been best at this season is probably the last one he ever hoped to master.“To be good at dealing with…
Nolan Schanuel leaves with injury in Angels’ loss to Twins
MINNEAPOLIS — Ty France doubled, singled and drove in a run as the Minnesota Twins matched their season high with 13 hits and beat the Angels 5-1…
Prep sports roundup: St. John Bosco opens three-game lead in Trinity League
Winning close games has become part of St. John Bosco’s success this season as the Braves close in on winning their first Trinity League baseball…
Jo Adell’s double keys Angels’ walkoff victory over Giants
Jo Adell had a bases-clearing double in a four-run ninth inning against San Francisco closer Ryan Walker and the Angels rallied to beat the Giants…
Yoshinobu Yamamoto dominates again in Dodgers’ win over Rangers
ARLINGTON, Texas — One of the starting pitchers Friday night has won two Cy Young Awards.The other is making an early case to win one of his…
Prep sports roundup: Cypress takes over first place in Crestview League
Cypress has had one of the toughest nonleague baseball schedules this season, with games against Harvard-Westlake, Sierra Canyon, JSerra, Loyola, Bishop Amat and Aquinas.It has…
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…
Midseason baseball report: The players and teams to watch
At the midway point of the high school baseball season, senior Jackson Eisenhauer of Crespi has been close to perfect. He has pitched 36 innings…
Prep roundup: Bishop Alemany wins fourth straight Mission League game
Don’t look now, but Bishop Alemany is getting hot in Mission League baseball. The Warriors won their fourth consecutive league game under first-year coach Randy…
NL West preview: Can Diamondbacks or Padres challenge Dodgers?
2024 | 80-82, 4th in West Last year in playoffs | 2021 Under the new front office leadership of former All-Star catcher Buster Posey, the…
Roki Sasaki’s first official Dodgers outing is a rousing success
PHOENIX — It all came as advertised.The 99-mph heat. The late-diving, hard-biting splitter. The overwhelming, if still raw, stuff that many expect will make him a future…
Dodgers’ in-person push to sign Roki Sasaki didn’t involve Ohtani
Neither Shohei Ohtani nor Yoshinobu Yamamoto were part of the Dodgers’ initial in-person pitch to Japanese pitching star Roki Sasaki, a meeting that took place…
Blake Treinen and Dodgers agree to two-year, $22-million deal
The Dodgers retained a key member of their bullpen Sunday night, agreeing to terms with veteran closer Blake Treinen on a two-year, $22-million contract, according…
Dodgers agree to sign two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell
The Dodgers won the World Series last season in spite of their short-handed pitching.Next year, they hope a reinforced staff can be the key to…
Clayton Kershaw not ready to face hitters as chance of postseason return is fading
The chances of three-time National League Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw bolstering the Dodgers’ injury ravaged rotation, at least for the first round of…
Walker Buehler has rocky start as Dodgers’ NL West lead cut
The Walker Buehler who retired 11 of 12 batters with six strikeouts from the second through fifth innings Saturday night could play in a postseason…
Angels closer Ben Joyce’s 105.5-mph strikeout pitch is fastest thrown
The television broadcast radar gun reading drew gasps. Never before had it displayed a number this high: 106 mph.Angels reliever Ben Joyce turned his back…
Mookie Betts homers to lift Dodgers in Shohei Ohtani’s return to Anaheim
For nine innings on Tuesday night, the Dodgers played with their food at Angel Stadium.Only in extras, thanks to a four-run rally keyed by Mookie…
Angels hit a couple of homers, but it’s not enough to beat Toronto
Bowden Francis pitched seven dominant innings and Will Wagner got hits in the first three at-bats of his major league debut as the Toronto Blue…
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…