Los Angeles Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Kole Calhoun and Mike Montgomery to Minor League contracts and assigned both veterans to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Calhoun went 1-for-4 in his OKC debut on Tuesday night, while Montgomery has reported but is yet to be added onto the roster. Both players provide depth with Major League experience and a veteran presence to the Dodgers’ Minor League system. Calhoun has spent parts of 11 seasons at the Major League level, making his debut with the Los Angeles Angels in 2012 and spending the next eight years with them.

Zack Burdi cleared waivers and was sent outright to Triple-A Oklahoma City after being designated for assignment this past week by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Burdi was DFA’d to make room on the 40-man roster, and because he’s previously gone unclaimed on waivers, he had the ability to elect free agency rather than return to Oklahoma City. The Dodgers claimed Burdi off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays in late May, and in his most recent stint with OKC, he logged two scoreless appearances.

A pair of the league’s most consistent hitters go head-to-head when the Los Angeles Dodgers (36-27) and Philadelphia Phillies (30-32) play at 7:05 PM ET on Friday, at Citizens Bank Park. Freddie Freeman has a .337 batting average (second in league) for the Dodgers, while Nicholas Castellanos ranks sixth at .315. The Dodgers will call on Michael Grove (0-2) against the Phillies and Ranger Suarez (1-2).

Michael Busch homered, tripled, and singled on Thursday. After missing five games last week with injury, Busch has four extra-base hits in three games this week, and six hits in 12 at-bats against El Paso, driving in five runs. Bryan Hudson allowed the tying run in the ninth, and Wander Suero allowed the free runner to score the walk-off winner in the 10th in Oklahoma City’s loss to the El Paso Chihuahuas (Padres).

One of the nation’s leading Catholic advocacy organizations will place radio and TV ads ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers game on Saturday night shaming the baseball organization for inviting an anti-Catholic drag queen troupe to the team’s annual Pride Night on June 16. CatholicVote on Saturday will launch an ad titled, “The Dodgers Have Lost Their Way,” as part of the organization’s $1 million dollar campaign to raise awareness about the LA Dodgers’ decision to honor the anti-Catholic hate group, the so-called “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.”

The Dodgers farm talent is beginning to showcase their abilities at the big league level, with Jonny DeLuca and Nick Robertson making their major league debuts Wednesday night against Cincinnati. The Dodgers have already seen five players make their debuts this season, and it begs the question to when their top prospect, Diego Cartaya, will become the latest Dodgers rookie to get his chance at the top stage. The 21-year-old Cartaya has stumbled out of the gates for Double-A Tulsa this season, amounting to a .204 batting average and a .683 OPS in 38 games played.

The Los Angeles Dodgers take a red-hot offense into a three-game road series against the Philadelphia Phillies, but their leaky bullpen has been an issue. The Phillies will be up for the challenge, taking a five-game winning streak into the series after a wild 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigerson Thursday. While half a dozen runs in the first four innings of a game usually lead to a successful outcome, the Dodgers did just that in all three games of their just-completed road series against the Cincinnati Reds, but they won just once. In Tuesday’s series opener, the Dodgers had an 8-3 lead in the fourth inning before falling 9-8 when the bullpen gave up five runs.

Clayton Kershaw wasn’t happy about a ninth-inning injury Thursday to his personal catcher, Austin Barnes.

Miguel Rojas has filled in for Gavin Lux as the starting Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop this season, but injury problems of his own have limited the veteran’s time on the field. Dating back to Spring Training, Rojas has dealt with a right calf and foot cramp, left groin tightness, left hamstring cramp and a left hamstring strain that placed him on the 10-day injured list. Now, Rojas is dealing with neck tightness that forced him to be removed from Wednesday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said the neck issue is something Rojas has been dealing with for multiple days, but it did not impact his performance until Wednesday.

Reds suffer shutout loss to Dodgers in series finale June 9, 2023 Skylar Sigman The Cincinnati Reds bid for a series sweep fell short as the LA Dodgers won in a 6-0 shutout thanks to a stellar outing on the mound by Clayton Kershaw. The 3X Cy Young winner struck out 9 and walked 2 in 7 innings of work. The Reds pitching staff struggled in the 3rd and 4th, with Graham Ashcraft and Felix Cruz giving up a combined 6 runs in two innings. Offensively, LA was led by Freddie Freeman and David Peralta. Freeman went 2-2 with 2 RBI, and Peralta went 4-5 at the plate with 2 RRBI. The Reds recorded 6 hits in the loss. Leading the team at the plate was Matt McClain, who finished 2-4 with a double. Cincinnati’s

The Los Angeles Dodgers placed pitcher Noah Syndergaard on the 15-day injured list Thursday with a blister on the index finger of his right throwing hand.

I attended the 2012 Ryder Cup and saw so little actual golf, while peering between and around the masses, that I finally plopped down before a massive TV on the grounds, and I wasn’t alone.

Clayton Kershaw throws seven shutout innings and David Peralta has four hits as Dodgers beat the Reds 6-0 to stop losing streak at four games.

Hunter Greene returns to the Cincinnati Reds rotation Sunday in St. Louis after skipping a start because of a sore hip. But who goes to make room?

One day after displaying uncommon patience in his debut, Cincinnati Reds prospect Elly De La Cruz showed off rare power and speed vs. the LA Dodgers.

Zach Davies earned his first victory in more than a year, Corbin Carroll homered and the NL West-leading Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Washington Nationals 6-2 on Wednesday night. The surprising Diamondbacks have won eight of 10, share the National League lead in victories with Atlanta and hold a two-game advantage over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the division. Davies (1-1) had not earned a win since May 13, 2022, going 24 consecutive starts without one.

The Los Angeles Dodgers will fix and add extra padding to the fence Yankees’ outfielder Aaron Judge ran into on Saturday to make a catch.

The series opener between the Mets and Atlanta Braves has been delayed due to weather.

Many were skeptical Jonny DeLuca would one day play major league baseball. The outfielder is set to make his debut with the Dodgers on Wednesday.

The Dodgers jumped to an 8-3 lead, but the Reds walked it off as the bullpen blew it late in the 9-8 loss Tuesday in Cincinnati.

James Outman and Miguel Vargas have had good and bad moments as starters for the Dodgers, who maintain high hopes for both.

Dodgers stars Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and others dined at a local restaurant Monday, the day before their first game against the Reds.