28+ min ago   (694+ words) MIAMI – Talent evaluators all agree on Josue De Paula’s best spot on the field – the batter’s box. Reports on the 21-year-old’s defense have not been as flattering. “I’ve heard,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “I just think that – just being…...

19+ hour, 12+ min ago   (717+ words) MIAMI — It wasn’t lost on at least two people that the eight-game winning streak the Dodgers took into Saturday was built with Shohei Ohtani missing seven of the eight games and Freddie Freeman the last two. “‘They don’t need us,…...

19+ hour, 50+ min ago   (886+ words) NEW YORK — Elena Rybakina won her first U.S. Open title and punctuated her climb to the top of women’s tennis by beating Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 on Saturday. Rybakina had already been guaranteed to replace Sabalenka at No. 1 in the rankings next…...

18+ hour, 46+ min ago   (705+ words) WASHINGTON — Extra innings again proved extra miserable for the Angels. After rallying from a four-run deficit Saturday against the Washington Nationals, the Angels gave up runs in the ninth and 10th innings to drop a 6-5 decision before an announced crowd of 25,713 at…...

19+ hour ago   (745+ words) MIAMI — It was as if Tyler Glasnow went to do his Saturday chores and couldn’t get the lawn mower started. Glasnow seemed out of sorts from the start Saturday and was gone after walking back-to-back batters to start the fifth…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (910+ words) LOS ANGELES — Some relationships are too important to end. When the Dodgers moved to build an impenetrable starting staff this summer it was not at all costs. Left-hander Tarik Skubal, a two-time Cy Young Award winner at the height of…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1033+ words) BOSTON — The Angels’ 15-hit outburst against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night included two hits from Moisés Ballesteros, two from Christian Moore and one from Denzer Guzman. The confluence of production from those players was significant, because they represent…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (555+ words) LOS ANGELES — On a night when both Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman were receiving treatment, the remaining members of the Dodgers’ offense were giving the Cincinnati Reds the business. Ohtani was out for the sixth time in seven games because…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (695+ words) BOSTON — Even though the Angels’ season was effectively over months ago, Zach Neto is showing that he plans to sprint to the finish line. Neto homered for the second straight day, an early three-run shot that sent the Angels on…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (876+ words) Ohtani’s return to the starting lineup could come as soon as Friday in the opener of a three-game road series against the Miami Marlins. Then again, he could be out until the final home series against the San Diego Padres…...