Locked On Dodgers – Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Dodgers

It was a home run derby at Dodger stadium. Manny Machado  hit one in the first inning to lead 2-0 Shohei Ohtani answered with his 4th in the bottom of the 1st. Max Muncy hit a solo shot in the 2nd, Mookie Betts hit his 6th with 2 aboard and Teoscar Hernandez added to his league leading RBI total to make it 7-3 in the 3rd. But they went 2-28 from there and the Padres rallied with 3 more dingers and squeak it out 8-7 in the 11th. 

We got even more details on the Shohei Ohtani and Ippei Mizuhara situation, as it has now been reported that Mizuhara stole over $16M from Ohtani's bank account. There was 37 pages of federal documents that essentially laid out and answered any questions someone may have over the situation. It also appears that Ohtani won't face any discipline from MLB either, obviously. Lastly, the guys talk about Chris Taylor and how much leash he has amid his early season struggles.

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The Dodgers lost the final game of the series to the Twins but the big story of the day ended up being reports that Shohei Ohtani has been cleared by federal authorities of any wrongdoing in the case involving Ippei Mizuhara and gambling. TMZ reported that Ohtani has been cleared and that Mizuhara will be charged any day now, while the New York Times reported that Mizuhara is expected to plead guilty. What does this all mean for Ohtani, the Dodgers and everything else? Lastly, we talked about Bobby Miller and his struggles over the last two starts.

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Dodgers grabbed an early 1-0 advantage on a Teoscar Hernandez double. That lead would be short lived as Bobby Miller gave up a leadoff homer in the bottom of the 1st to Edourad Julien to tie the game. Max Muncy would homer in 4th to tie the game at 2 but Julien would homer again to make it 3-2. It looked like the Dodgers had tied the game on a Freddie Freeman double down the line but Carlos Carrea threw a strike to the plate to nail Shohei Ohtani and preserve the lead. 3-2 the final

Los Angeles Dodgers ace Tyler Glasnow put it all together for his best performance in an LA uniform, striking out 14 Twins in seven scoreless innings as the Dodgers beat Minnesota, 6-3. James Outman and Will Smith each hit three-run homers for LA, as Outman continues to break out of his slump and Smith continues his dominant season at (and behind) the plate. Shohei Ohtani's multi-hit streak was broken, but he did extend his league lead in extra-base hits with a 114-MPH double, the second-hardest hit for a Dodger this year. Jeff is here to talk about all of it, so let's get Locked On Dodgers.

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Shohei Ohtani is now the team leader and MLB leader in extra-base hits after picking up two doubles and a homer in a win over the Twins on Monday. Ohtani credited some of the success with his swing to swinging a cricket bat with a baseball bat handle in order to work on his bat path. James Outman also used it after Ohtani and had a big home run. Meanwhile, the Dodgers offense has been striking out a fair amount but it's not always entirely their fault. Lastly, Daniel Hudson has been a bullpen stalwart for the Dodgers and it's been fun to see his journey to this point.

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James Paxton went 6 getting the win for LA going 6, giving up two runs on 3 hits, 1 HR and 4 K's Shohei Ohtani's hot streak continues his 5th consecutive multi hit game with 3 hits including his 3rd Homer. Freddie Freeman, who is batting over .500 at Target Field had 2 hits and James Outman his firs home Run of the season in the 4-2 win that took 2:15 minutes. 

The Los Angeles Dodgers lost two of three in an ugly series that featured bad weather, bad umpiring, and bad luck. But it wasn't all bad, as superstar Shohei Ohtani seems to have found his groove at the plate. Jeff talks about Ohtani's good weekend and why this series is easy to put in the rearview mirror and move past. And then we dig into pitcher injuries and the silly idea that a rule change that started last year is responsible for the Tommy John epidemic that started a long time before that.

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Yoshinobu Yamamoto gets his first win as a Dodger in spite of getting into some trouble early he goes 5 giving up just 3 hits while striking out 8. Max Muncy Knocked in 2 of the 4 runs with a single in the 5th. #ShoheiOhtani with an other 2 hits to get his Avg over .300  4-1 the final.

Bobby Miller got off to a good start striking out the side in the first but got roughed up in the 2nd giving up 5 runs on  4 hits. Shohei Ohtani homered for the 2nd game in a row to bring them within 2. Will Smith with one of his 4 hits on the day knocked in Freddie Freeman to make it a one-run game. But the Cubs got three more in the 6th to extend the lead. The Dodgers were not dead yet loading the bases in the 9th but James Outman lined out to end the rally 9-7 the final.