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LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani and Miguel Vargas hit solo shots in the eighth inning, Will Smith became the first Los Angeles player to homer in four consecutive at-bats in a decade, and the Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-3 on Saturday. Smith, who had his first three-homer game in Friday night’s 8-5 win, hit a two-run shot off Freddy …

Miguel Vargas and Shohei Ohtani homer late to lift Dodgers past Brewers

The eighth-inning home runs that propelled the Dodgers to a 5-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in front of a crowd of 50,086 in Chavez Ravine on Saturday were as different as the men who hit them. “But I didn’t know if it had enough steam to get out.” The second, by Shohei Ohtani, a 30-year-old slugger from Japan who …

Shohei Ohtani meets Cameron Brink. His wife, an ex-pro player, wants to meet Sparks rookie too

Dodgers waste big game by Shohei Ohtani in loss to Diamondbacks

Shohei Ohtani steals third base in the fourth inning. “We couldn’t get to Pfaadt early,” manager Dave Roberts said, “and wound up losing the ballgame.” After the Dodgers were held hitless through the first three innings, Ohtani provided the team’s first sign of life in the fourth inning. “With the bat, with his legs, it’s really game-changing stuff.” Still, down …

In wake of Shohei Ohtani scandal, does Finlete look like gambling?

This might not be the best time to tell the story of a new sports betting venture, not when the name of baseball’s biggest star just surfaced amid a federal investigation into illegal bookmaking. But, in the week after betting lines scrolled beneath Shohei Ohtani on ESPN as he said he had never bet on sports, and at the opening …

Is Shohei Ohtani too big to fail?

Artist Robert Vargas painted a mural of new Dodger Shohei Ohtani on the side of the Miyako Hotel in Little Tokyo. “I think Ohtani is on the road to become perhaps the greatest baseball player to play the game,” he said, noting the Japanese ballplayer’s ability to excel as both a hitter and pitcher, something not seen since Babe Ruth. …

Dodgers’ offseason paths hinge on pursuits of Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto