Shohei Ohtani has homered in 11 of his last 22 games. The Dodgers won three of those 11 games. They are 15-20 since the start of July and are now tied with the Padres atop the NL West. They held a six-game lead in the division as recently as July 25.

Decent time for the Dodgers and Dads to meet this weekend

The Dodgers were swept by the Angels, who won all six matchups between the teams this year, and have lost four straight games. In four of their last five losses, the Dodgers held a one-run lead in the 8th inning or later. They will host the first-place Padres this weekend.

I think I need a longer arm

Dave Roberts said Max Muncy is going on the IL with a grade 1 oblique strain. It is not expected to be season ending.

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Zack Wheeler has a blood clot in his right upper extremity, close to his shoulder. He will go on the IL.

The Padres have been caught stealing three times, Dylan Cease has walked six batters and Jackson Merrill just had a ball pop out of his glove at the warning track to score two runs. The Dodgers, with one hit, lead 5-0. It is the second inning.

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The Rangers are going to skip Jacob deGrom’s start tomorrow due to shoulder fatigue, per Chris Young He went back to Texas to see Dr. Kieth Meister and everything checked out good. More of a workload management situation

I know he dealt with some pitch tipping stuff, but what a fascinating year for Luzardo: -10 starts of 6+ IP, 1 or 0 runs allowed -6 starts of 5 or fewer IP, 4+ runs allowed Still has ERA over 4.00, but he has 7th-most Ks in MLB and a 2.32 ERA over last 5 starts.

The Giants were tied for the division lead on June 13. Since then, they are an MLB-worst 20-38.

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