SACRAMENTO — The Dodgers scratched Shohei Ohtani from his scheduled Wednesday start against the Athletics and said he would instead start Friday at Dodger Stadium against the San Diego Padres.
The Dodgers did not immediately say why they delayed Ohtani’s start or who would start in his place Wednesday. Ohtani is in the lineup at designated hitter for Tuesday’s game.
This series marks the Dodgers’ lone scheduled visit to Sacramento during the A’s three-year stay here. The A’s plan to move into a new ballpark in Las Vegas in 2028, the next time the teams are scheduled to face off.
Ohtani would have been starting on his usual six days rest. However, with the Dodgers on a run of 13 consecutive games without an off day, pushing Ohtani back at some point would allow the Dodgers to better manage his workload.
He is 8-2 with a 1.58 earned-run average this season. Among National League pitchers with at least 70 innings, his ERA is bettered only by Jacob Misiorowski of the Milwaukee Brewers (1.46).
Ohtani already has pitched 79-2/3 innings this season, his most in three years. He spent all of the 2024 season and the first half of the 2025 season rehabilitating from elbow surgery.
On Monday, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Ohtani, already elected as the NL designated hitter for next month’s All-Star Game, would not pitch in that game if he were not the starting pitcher.
“He’ll obviously DH and then we’ll go from there,” Roberts said. “I don’t know where he is with the pitching thing. We’ll see.”
The Dodgers have carefully managed Ohtani’s workload as a pitcher and might well prefer he be limited to DH in the game. It also would be impractical to have him warm up during a game in which he were hitting, and Misiorowski and Cristopher Sanchez of the host Philadelphia Phillies are top candidates to be the NL starting pitcher.
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CITY SECTION SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS
Wednesday’s Results
SEMIFINALS
OPEN DIVISION
#1 Granada Hills 12, #4 San Pedro 9
#2 Carson 12, #3 Birmingham 2
DIVISION I
#1 Venice 7, #4 Chatsworth 2
#6 Eagle Rock 5, #10 Verdugo Hills 4
DIVISION II
#1 LA Marshall 5, #5 Sylmar 4
#6 Arleta 8, #18 Taft 5
DIVISION III
#5 South East 16, #9 Palisades 8
#15 Reseda 20, #11 Westchester 9
DIVISION IV
#4 Huntington Park 23, #16 Vaughn 2
#14 Franklin 5, #18 Diego Rivera 3
Note: Finals in all divisions May 29-30 (sites and times TBA).
SOUTHERN SECTION SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS
WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS
Quarterfinals
DIVISION 1
La Habra 11, Orange Lutheran 8
Etiwanda at La Mirada, Thursday
JSerra 1, Garden Grove Pacifica 0
Norco 8, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 0
DIVISION 2
Whittier Christian 13, Bonita 1
St. Paul 8, Lakewood St. Joseph 7
San Clemente 9, Huntington Beach 7
Mater Dei 11, Vista Murrieta 8
DIVISION 3
Great Oak 10, Edison 5
North Torrance 4, San Juan Hills 3
Riverside Prep 7, La Serna 2
Dos Pueblos 7, Villa Park 6
DIVISION 4
Oxnard 5, St. Bonaventure 4
Monrovia 4, Mira Costa 0
Mission Viejo 14, Oak Hills 6
Burbank Burroughs 7, Ramona 2
DIVISION 5
Patriot 10, Santa Clara 3
Grace 6, Shadow Hills 5
Covina 8, Irvine University 1
Northwood 5, Santa Monica 4
DIVISION 6
Irvine 18, Heritage 7
Granite Hills 15, St. Genevieve 4
Sierra Vista at Hesperia Christian, Thursday
Arroyo 8, San Jacinto 3
DIVISION 7
Ramona Convent 10, Santa Ana Calvary Chapel 7
Faith Baptist 10, Riverside Notre Dame 8
Cathedral City 2, Victor Valley 0
Edgewood 8, Culver City 6
DIVISION 8
San Bernardino 13, Avalon 0
Workman 19, Cobalt 6
Capistrano Valley Christian 13, Bell Gardens 6
Arroyo Valley vs. Banning, Thursday
Note: Semifinals May 23; Finals May 28-30 at Bill Barber Memorial Park, Irvine.
BASEBALL
CITY SECTION
AMIT 13, East Valley 5
CALS Early College 8, Sun Valley Magnet 7
Canoga Park 5, Reseda 4
Chavez 9, Vaughn 8
Hollywood 6, RFK Community 5
Jefferson 11, Manual Arts 1
LACES 6, Westchester 1
LA Jordan 11, Maywood Academy 10
LA Roosevelt 3, Legacy 1
Marquez 9, Sotomayor 7
Northridge Academy 17, Panorama 0
South Gate 3, Garfield 2
Van Nuys 10, South East 0
Washington Prep 26, Dymally 2
WISH Academy 10, Stella 4
SOUTHERN SECTION
Adelanto 5, Barstow 2
Arroyo 3, Mountain View 2
Banning 7, Desert Mirage 5
Beverly Hills 16, Hawthorne 7
Bishop Montgomery 9, Long Beach Wilson 8
Campbell Hall 7, Village Christian 2
Canyon Springs 5, Rancho Verde 4
Century 6, Garden Grove 3
Claremont 5, Irvine University 4
Colony 5, Oak Hills 3
Corona 18, Mater Dei 3
Crean Lutheran 9, Garden Grove Pacifica 6
Crescenta Valley 13, Glendora 6
Crossroads 12, Shalhevet 2
Cypress 6, Maranatha 5
Desert Hot Springs 14, Cathedral City 3
Don Lugo 9, Tahquitz 5
El Dorado 5, Santa Ana Foothill 2
El Modena 10, Anaheim Canyon 3
El Segundo 18, South Torrance 5
Estancia 10, Rancho Alamitos 3
Etiwanda 10, Upland 2
Firebaugh 10, Rio Hondo Prep 8
Gahr 6, Aquinas 5
Ganesha 3, Riverside Prep 0
Grace 13, Nordhoff 7
Granite Hills 10, Silverado 2
Harvard-Westlake 16, Crespi 1
Hemet 10, Cornerstone Christian 0
Highland 11, Desert Christian 0
Hillcrest 15, Westminster La Quinta 8
Jurupa Valley 14, Rubidoux 0
La Canada 10, Monrovia 4
La Mirada 9, La Serna 1
Lancaster 9, Glendale 1
La Salle 14, Covina 0
Los Alamitos 5, Ocean View 0
Los Altos 12, Baldwin Park 5
Los Osos 12, Damien 9
Mayfair 8, Cerritos 7
Miller 9, Pacific 2
Milken 13, Buckley 0
Mira Costa 5, Fullerton 3
Mission Viejo 10, Dana Hills 9
Montebello 7, Flintridge Prep 3
Moorpark 4, Camarillo 2
Muir 10, Los Amigos 0
Murrieta Valley 8, Paloma Valley 7
Nogales 2, South El Monte 1
Norwalk 2, St. Paul 0
NSLA 13, Packinghouse Christian 11
Ojai Valley 8, Hillcrest Christian 6
Orange County Pacifica Christian 4, Temescal Canyon 0
Pasadena 6, South Pasadena 3
Pasadena Poly 13, Hoover 5
Patriot 4, Norte Vista 2
Ramona 9, La Sierra 4
Rancho Cucamonga 5, Chino Hills 3
Redlands East Valley 2, Arrowhead Christian 1
Rosemead 10, Pasadena Marshall 9
Royal 15, Oak Park 1
San Bernardino 15, Entrepreneur 0
San Marino 10, Temple City 5
Santa Barbara 6, San Luis Obispo 3
Santa Monica Pacifica Christian 8, de Toledo 7
Savanna 4, Sage Hill 1
Schurr 9, Diamond Bar 8
Shadow Hills 8, Palm Springs 0
Sonora 6, Esperanza 2
St. Monica Academy 10, PACS 2
Temecula Valley 4, Linfield Christian 0
Torrance 10, Arcadia 1
Trabuco Hills 11, Segerstrom 3
Viewpoint 15, Xavier Prep 0
Villa Park 11, La Habra 4
Warren 3, Fountain Valley 0
Webb 16, Southlands Christian 5
Windward 8, Rolling Hills Prep 0
Woodbridge 4, Beckman 3
Woodcrest Christian 13, Loma Linda Academy 1
Yorba Linda 4, Sunny Hills 0
SOFTBALL
CITY SECTION
Animo Bunche 14, Downtown Magnets 9
Animo Venice 18, AHSA 0
Bell 6, South East 2
Bravo 9, LA Marshall 2
Central City Value 22, Orthopaedic 5
Chatsworth 13, Cleveland 2
Discovery 37, Valley Oaks CES 35
Dymally 12, Washington Prep 7
Eagle Rock 14, LA Wilson 0
El Camino Real 15, Taft 0
Garfield 12, South Gate 2
Granada Hills 4, Birmingham 2
Granada Hills Kennedy 7, Arleta 3
LA Jordan 15, Hawkins 4
LA University 9, LACES 5
Lincoln 10, Franklin 0
Marquez 25, Maywood CES 1
Middle College 19, Animo Watts 3
Palisades 18, Fairfax 5
Reseda 28, Canoga Park 7
San Fernando 7, Chavez 2
Santee 11, Angelou 10
Sylmar 10, North Hollywood 7
Torres 21, Sotomayor 7
Van Nuys 23, Monroe 1
Venice 15, LA Hamilton 1
Verdugo Hills 11, Sun valley Poly 7
SOUTHERN SECTION
ACE 5, Hesperia Christian 4
Adelanto 11, Barstow 6
Anza Hamilton 21, California Lutheran 2
Apple valley 12, University Prep 2
Aquinas 2, Oak Hills 2
Arroyo 14, Mountain View 7
Bethel Christian 8, Calvary Baptist 4
Brentwood 12, Crossroads 2
California 11, Whittier 1
Cathedral City 11, Windward 0
Century 10, Glenn 7
Chino Hills 4, Rancho Cucamonga 0
Downey Calvary Chapel 14, Samueli Academy 4
El Monte 9, Gabrielino 2
Etiwanda 13, Upland 4
Garden Grove Santiago 12, Santa Ana Valley 0
Granite Hills 15, Silverado 2
Hart 8, Burbank Burroughs 6
Irvine 6, Rosary 5
Jurupa Valley 14, Rubidoux 0
La Habra 3, St. Paul 1
Lawndale 39, Animo City of Champions 21
Los Alamitos 3, Riverside Prep 0
Maranatha 17, Heritage Christian 6
Miller 21, Pacific 4
Millikan 4, Fullerton 3
Monrovia 11, La Canada 10
Orange Vista 12, Liberty 6
Patriot 11, Norte Vista 0
Placentia Valencia 8, Anaheim 6
Riverside Poly 9, Ayala 4
Rosemead 22, Pasadena Marshall 2
San Bernardino 1
Santa Ana Foothill 9, Capistrano Valley 0
Santa Fe 14, El Rancho 4
Santa Rosa Academy 24, San Jacinto Valley Academy 2
Saugus 11, Valencia 1
Schurr 6, Long Beach Wilson 1
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 10, Chaminade 2
South Pasadena 21, Blair 0
Temple City 17, San Marino 13
Villa Park 6, Garden Grove 3
West Ranch 6, Vasquez 0
INTERSECTIONAL
SOCES 10, Golden Valley 3