Shohei Ohtani Sizzles On The Mound, Dodgers' Bats Finally Heat Up

From Maddie Lee: The measurement Shohei Ohtani sounded Wednesday against nan Giants, his squad didn’t request his bat.

The Dodgers’ 4-0 triumph complete nan Giants featured an early violative push and back-to-back location runs, arsenic Ohtani made his effect connected nan mound, holding San Francisco scoreless done 7 innings.

“We’ve each seen that transformation: he wants to beryllium nan champion pitcher successful baseball,” head Dave Roberts said aft nan game. “And correct now, he’s doing it. And truthful you tin show he’s hyper-focused connected nan mentation portion of it, and past evidently nan days that he starts, nan execution.”

It was nan first of 2 consecutive days that nan Dodgers planned to beryllium without his beingness astatine nan apical of nan batting order, while simultaneously managing his workload and slow violative commencement to nan year.

“First and foremost, nan truth that I’m not injured, that’s a bully thing,” Ohtani said done expert Will Ireton. “I do want to lend much offensively. I haven’t done truthful this year. So I’m looking guardant to doing that.”

On Wednesday, nan Dodgers’ first large violative contributer was 3rd baseman Santiago Espinal, who was successful nan starting lineup for nan first clip successful 5 days. His solo homer successful nan 3rd inning was his first location tally since August 2024. Then Mookie Betts, hitting leadoff successful spot of Ohtani, followed pinch a homer of his own.

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Caitlin Clark and Indiana Fever overwhelm Sparks

Sparks defender Ta’Niya Latson, right, chases Fever defender Caitlin Clark astatine Crytpo.com Arena connected Wednesday.

(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

From Marisa Ingemi: Sometimes each it takes is 1 bad quarter. To coach Lynne Roberts, that’s what burnt nan Sparks connected Wednesday.

During an 87-78 loss to Caitlin Clark and nan Indiana Fever astatine home, nan Sparks made a precocious 11-3 tally but it was acold excessively little, excessively precocious aft nan Fever outscored nan Sparks 24-14 successful nan 2nd connected 60% shooting.

“We sewage to show up to play erstwhile it’s nan first quarter,” said constituent defender Kelsey Plum. “If you ever announcement nan shape successful nan [WNBA,] talent is beautiful dispersed retired crossed nan board. The hardest squad playing wins a batch of nan time. You sewage to make shots and stuff, but it’s benignant of magical erstwhile you play hard, you benignant of extremity up making shots. So I deliberation that we person to person nan strength that we had successful that tally for a sustained game.”

Plum scored 25 points and Dearica Hamby added 16 points and 8 rebounds, but nan Sparks (0-2) were ne'er really successful it against nan high-powered Fever aft nan sadistic 2nd frame.

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Mother of transgender jock AB Hernandez wished to push done protests

Jurupa Valley jock AB Hernandez, who is transgender, poses connected a way pinch elder time posters supporting her.

(Courtesy of Hernandez family)

From Marisa Ingemi: A flyer featuring a pinkish inheritance was nan apical Instagram station connected California authorities superintendent campaigner Sonja Shaw’s page connected Saturday morning. It read, successful blue, “a antheral athlete” held nan apical spot for an upcoming precocious schoolhouse girls’ way and section meet, listing nan arena commencement times for protesters.

It was a maneuver Nereyda Hernandez antecedently faced erstwhile her daughter, Jurupa Valley High way and section jock AB Hernandez, first deed nan nationalist spotlight past year.

It has been astir a twelvemonth since President Trump targeted AB, who is transgender. As a result, nan jock and her mother knew what to expect erstwhile nan way postseason began successful May. There would beryllium cameras, protesters and vitriol directed astatine a precocious schoolhouse athlete.

“In November, we took a trip,” Nereyda said. “We went to New York and Cancun, we had a blast. We knew we had to get ready, we had to person that peace, because they were going to do this again.”

CIF policies let transgender athletes to compete alongside different cisgender girls. If nan transgender jock places precocious capable to beforehand successful qualifying aliases to badge astatine a CIF event, nan jock advances aliases receives nan medal. But truthful does nan adjacent jock successful line. As a result, AB shared nan first-place podium alongside different jock doubly astatine nan authorities way and section meet past year.

This effort to see everyone did not quell protests.

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LAFC suffers its first nonaccomplishment to St. Louis City successful franchise history

St. Louis City’s Timo Baumgart and LAFC’s Son Heung-Min pursuit a loose shot connected Wednesday successful St. Louis.

(Jeff Roberson / Associated Press)

From nan Associated Press: Tomas Totland scored 4 minutes into nan lucifer and chap defender Rafael Santos added a second-half extremity to thief St. Louis City hit LAFC for nan first time, earning a 2-1 triumph connected Wednesday night.

Totland utilized assists from Eduard Löwen and Marcel Hartel to find nan nett for nan first clip this play and nan 3rd clip successful 55 profession appearances. It was nan first assistance of nan run for Löwen and nan 2nd for Hartel.

Santos added an unassisted extremity successful nan 64th minute. It was his first people this play and his 4th successful 92 profession matches. Santos entered nan lucifer successful nan 10th infinitesimal for an injured Jaziel Orozco.

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Dejan Joveljić scores connected his erstwhile team, helps seal Sporting KC triumph complete Galaxy

Sporting Kansas City guardant Calvin Harris controls nan shot nether unit from Galaxy defender Mauricio Cuevas connected Wednesday.

(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

From nan Associated Press: Calvin Harris had a extremity and 2 assists and Dejan Joveljić scored against his erstwhile team, starring Sporting Kansas City to a 3-1 triumph complete nan visiting Galaxy connected Wednesday night.

Sporting KC (2-8-2) snapped an eight-match winless streak nether first-year head Raphaël Wicky and an eight-match winless skid astatine location making love to past year. The club’s only different triumph came against nan Galaxy (4-5-4) — a 2-1 roadworthy triumph connected March 14 successful which Joveljić besides scored.

Sporting KC grabbed a 1-0 lead successful nan 32nd infinitesimal connected Capita Capemba’s first profession goal successful his sixth appearance. Harris and Lasse Berg Johnsen had assists.

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This time successful sports history

1913 — Washington’s Walter Johnson gives up a tally successful nan 4th inning against nan St. Louis Browns to extremity his streak of 56 scoreless innings. The Senators triumph 10-5.

1919 — Four days aft his Kentucky Derby victory, Sir Barton, ridden by Johnny Loftus, wins nan Preakness Stakes by 4 lengths complete Eternal.

1920 — Walter Johnson of nan Washington Senators records his 300th triumph pinch a 9-8 triumph complete nan Detroit Tigers.

1967 — Mickey Mantle hits his 500th location run, a changeable disconnected Stu Miller that lifts nan New York Yankees to a 6-5 triumph complete nan Baltimore Orioles.

1977 — The Montreal Canadiens separator nan Boston Bruins 2-1 to triumph nan Stanley Cup successful 4 games.

1981 — The Boston Celtics triumph nan NBA title pinch a 102-91 triumph complete nan Houston Rockets successful Game 6.

1989 — James Worthy scores 12 of his 33 points successful nan 4th quarter, and nan Lakers rally from a 29-point first-half shortage to hit Seattle 97-95 and expanse nan Western Conference semifinals.

1994 — FA Cup Final: Manchester United conclusion Chelsea 4-0 astatine Wembley Stadium, London.

1995 — Kelly Robbins overcomes a three-shot shortage successful nan last 7 holes to triumph nan LPGA Championship by a changeable complete defending champion Laura Davies.

1997 — FC Barcelona of Spain triumph 37th European Cup Winner’s Cup against Paris Saint-Germain of France 1-0 successful Rotterdam.

1997 — Baseball’s Executive Council suspends NY Yankees proprietor George Steinbrenner for his suing different squad owners.

1999 — Annika Sorenstam shoots an 11-under 61, nan champion people successful LPGA history connected a par-72 course, to return a two-shot lead complete Michelle McGann aft nan opening information of nan Sara Lee Classic.

2003 — Jean-Sebastien Giguere stops 35 shots for his 3rd consecutive shutout, and Anaheim thumps Minnesota 4-0 for a 3-0 lead successful nan Western Conference finals. He’s nan first goalie successful modern NHL history to grounds 3 consecutive shutouts successful nan next-to-last information of nan playoffs.

2004 — Richard Jefferson scores 18 of his 31 points aft regularisation to lead New Jersey to a 127-120 triple-overtime triumph complete Detroit and a 3-2 lead successful nan Eastern Conference semifinals. The past playoff crippled to beryllium decided successful 3 overtimes was Phoenix’s 129-121 triumph complete Chicago successful Game 3 of nan 1993 NBA Finals.

2010 — The Philadelphia Flyers flooded a mates of 3-0 deficits to decorativeness disconnected nan Boston Bruins. Simon Gagne scores connected a powerfulness play pinch 7:08 near to headdress a comeback from a three-goal deficit, and nan Flyers triumph 4-3 for a berth successful nan Eastern Conference finals. The Bruins go nan 3rd squad successful NHL history to suffer a bid aft winning nan first 3 games.

2011 — English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (88,643): Manchester City thumps Stoke City, 1-0; Yaya Touré scores 74′ winner; Citizens’ 5th title.

2017 — Stephen Curry scores 40 points and hits a tying 3-pointer pinch 1:48 remaining, and nan Golden State Warriors rally aft Kawhi Leonard is mislaid to an ankle wounded to hit nan San Antonio Spurs 113-111 successful Game 1 of nan Western Conference finals. Draymond Green gives Golden State nan lead for bully connected a three-point play aft nan Warriors way by arsenic galore arsenic 25 points successful nan first half.

2017 — PGA Players Championship, TPC astatine Sawgrass: 21 twelvemonth aged South Korean Kim Si-woo shoots last information 69 to triumph by 3 strokes up of Louis Oosthuizen and Ian Poulter.

2018 — The Supreme Court clears nan measurement for states to legalize betting connected sports, breaking a longtime prohibition and creating a imaginable financial boon for states and nan gambling industry. Despite guidance from nan awesome sports leagues and nan Trump administration, nan precocious tribunal strikes down a national rule that barred betting connected football, basketball, shot and different sports successful astir states.

2018 — Arsenal decorativeness EPL play successful 6th spot connected 63 points; neglect to suffice for nan UEFA Champions League for nan first clip since 1997.

Compiled by nan Associated Press.

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