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Injuries to leverage relievers Evan Phillips, Brusdar Graterol, Joe Kelly and Ryan Braiser would be enough to send a lesser team spiraling, but assorted arms have stepped up to keep the Dodgers rolling.
PHOENIX – Shohei Ohtani’s first swing of the day was a painful one. As he cut on an offering from Blake Treinen on Monday afternoon, he immediately let out a yelp in pain, fouling the pitch off his foot and taking a brief lap. Moments later, baseball’s most notable man returned to the batter’s box. He’d gotten his first live swing out of the way. Minutes later, with his third swing of his live batting practice session of the spring, he issued a reminder of why the Los Angeles Dodgers shelled out so much for him, connecting on a J.P. Feyereisen fastball and rocketing the pitch well...
When the postseason rolls around, the Los Angeles Dodgers know they'll need more than just Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman carrying the load at the top of the lineup. Which is why a night where the likes of J.D. Martinez and Miguel Rojas carry the offense is important this late in the season. “You got the two horses up front with Freddie and (Mookie) and you got to be able to have your three, four or five hitters protect those guys,” Martinez said.
Miguel Rojas and James Outman homered, J.D. Martinez had two key run-scoring singles and the Los Angeles Dodgers moved closer to the NL West title with a 6-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.
Freddie Freeman had four hits, including a tie-breaking double, Mookie Betts doubled and scored two runs in his return to Fenway Park and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Boston Red Sox 7-4 on Friday night. Betts, back on the field in Boston for the first time since he was traded by the Red Sox…