Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to make his next pitching start on Wednesday for the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the team’s momentum built on a recent 11-3 road win over the Milwaukee Brewers. The start comes as the Dodgers sit atop the NL West despite key pitching i
The Dodgers didn’t just win on the road — they answered a question their season has been asking lately: what happens when the lineup has to carry the load?
Los Angeles picked up an 11-3 road win over the Milwaukee Brewers to push its record to 32-20, a run that has carried them to the top spot in the NL West. They’re a half-game ahead of the San Diego Padres even as several key injuries continue to bite into their pitching staff.
For fans who have been tracking every healthy arm in the rotation, the timing is clear now. Shohei Ohtani will make his next pitching start on Wednesday. and the team will then have an off day on Thursday. according to Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register/Southern California Newspaper Group on X. formerly Twitter.
That makes Wednesday the next big moment — not just because Ohtani’s been one of the few consistently healthy forces in Los Angeles’s rotation. but because the Dodgers have also been trying to keep him out of the hitting order on nights when he pitches. It’s still not known whether that approach will hold for Wednesday.
The opponent is the Colorado Rockies, who currently have the worst record in baseball. After that. the Dodgers will shift into a different kind of rhythm: they’ll have the day off on Thursday before returning to action for their series finale against the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday afternoon on the road.
The win streak and the standings are one side of the story. The other is what the injuries mean for the organization’s plans. both on the starter side and in the bullpen. With that pressure building. Los Angeles has been floated as a potential landing spot for Detroit Tigers star Tarik Skubal — a trade that would likely cause a firestorm across the baseball world if it happened.
For now, the focus stays where it always does for this kind of week: what Ohtani does on the mound on Wednesday, and whether his next start can keep a Dodgers team flying high despite the holes that injuries have opened across the pitching staff.
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