Shohei Ohtani pitched four dominant innings in what qualified as his best start this season, during which he struck out eight batters. He also clobbered his 39th home run, registering his 1,000th career hit in the process.

Wednesday against the Cardinals, Ohtani pitched four innings, struck out eight, and allowed a run on two third-inning hits that strung together wouldn’t have left the infield: A popup by Jordan Walker that second baseman Miguel Rojas lost in the sun, and a gutsy two-out squeeze bunt by Brendan Donovan that scored Walker from third.

After battling many injuries to their pitching staff for the majority of theyear, the Los Angeles Dodgers are finally starting to get good news on some oftheir key contributors. For example, starters Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow havereturned to the mound,

He's started and stopped a throwing progression a few times already, and Dave Roberts has provided conflicting and oftentimes unhelpful updates on whether or not Sasaki will be back this year at all.