Luis Tiant, charismatic Cuban pitcher with wild windup, dies
BOSTON — Luis Tiant, the charismatic Cuban with a horseshoe mustache and mesmerizing windup who pitched the Red Sox to the brink of a World Series…
Pitching for the Dodgers at Chavez Ravine was Jack Flaherty’s destiny
Even before he learned how to walk, Dodger Stadium has been part of Jack Flaherty’s origin story.It’s where the new Dodgers pitcher first visited at…
Plaschke: Clayton Kershaw debut gives Dodgers new hope
Clayton Kershaw was crumbling again. It was real. It was happening. It was October in July. It was deja boo. It was the third inning…
Bryce Rainer is ready to become first-round MLB draft pick
Major-league baseball’s amateur draft begins on Sunday, and former Harvard-Westlake shortstop Bryce Rainer is projected to be taken in the first 10 picks.He has decided…
Dodgers place starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow on injured list
Jack Harris covers the Dodgers for the Los Angeles Times. Before that, he covered the Angels, the Kings and almost everything else the L.A. sports…
Angels can’t solve Seth Lugo in series-ending loss to Royals
Seth Lugo racked up a career-high 12 strikeouts and allowed one run over eight strong innings, and Hunter Renfroe had a two-run single against his…
Another strong outing by Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Dodgers’ victory
Yoshinobu Yamamoto is starting to give the Dodgers that feeling. The feeling that every time he takes the ball, the team will get a quality…
Sondheimer: Colin Moore deals with Type 1 diabetes while dealing on the mound
There are important things teenage athletes never forget when leaving home. Cellphone. Wallet. Bottle of water. For Colin Moore, a junior pitcher at Crescenta Valley…
Yoshinobu Yamamoto shines again for Dodgers in win over Cubs
CHICAGO — In his first taste of the major leagues, Yoshinobu Yamamoto crumbled. But on Saturday at Wrigley Field, staring down the barrel of a couple…
Reid Detmers shines as Angels bounce back and defeat Orioles
BALTIMORE — Reid Detmers gave the Angels some much-needed effectiveness on the mound, giving up one run in five innings to help them avoid a season-opening…
Harvard-Westlake’s Duncan Marsten dazzles on the mound
“Electrifying.” That was the word being used to describe the pitching of senior right-hander Duncan Marsten on Wednesday. He struck out the first six batters…
Patrick Sandoval struggles on the mound as Angels routed by Mariners
SEATTLE — J.P. Crawford hit a three-run double that broke open the game, Eugenio Suárez homered and had an early RBI single, and the Seattle Mariners…
Julio Urías makes statement on mound as Dodgers hold off Diamondbacks
PHOENIX — Julio Urías officially has a scoreless streak going. A week after tossing five shutout innings against the last-place Oakland A’s — an incremental step…
Patrick Sandoval struggles on the mound as Angels fall to White Sox
The Angels lost to the Chicago White Sox 9-7 on Thursday afternoon at Angel Stadium. After the White Sox took a 1-0 lead in the…
Jaime Barría solid on the mound as Angels beat Cubs
It has been a small sample size in 2023, but Jaime Barría has so far been one of the Angels’ most solid and reliable starters.…
Shohei Ohtani struggles on mound as Angels fall to Astros
HOUSTON — Yordan Álvarez hit a two-run homer off Shohei Ohtani for a major league-best 50 RBIs, backing a strong start by Framber Valdez in the…
Julio Urías sharp on the mound as Dodgers hold off Rockies
The Dodgers traded their feast-or-famine offense for a Happy Medium Meal on Tuesday night, combining a solid-but-not-spectacular offense with some stout pitching from Julio Urías…
Valencia left-hander Ricky Ojeda continues his mound domination
Senior left-hander Ricky Ojeda, a UC Irvine commit, has had quite a two-week period for Valencia High. Last week he threw a perfect game against…