Quarterback Matthew Stafford is preparing for his 15th NFL season but many of the players who will be counted on this season are second- and third-year pros. Shaikin: Athletics believe a move to Las Vegas is worth the gamble, will pay off RAMSįrom Gary Klein: On a Rams team that features nearly 40 new players, it does not take much to qualify as a seasoned veteran. “They can certainly put the team on their backs and carry us and that’s what they did today.”

“Those are the guys you lean on,” manager Phil Nevin said. Taylor Ward also went deep as the Angels hit four two-run homers plus a solo shot. Mike Trout put the Angels ahead 2-0 with a 476-foot home run in the first that was four rows shy of clearing the left-field bleachers. Shohei Ohtani homered in consecutive innings, including a 459-foot drive that was the longest of his Major League Baseball career, and drove in four runs to lead the Angels over the Chicago White Sox 12-5 Wednesday. L.A.’s Blake Treinen and Nationals’ Trevor Williams slam Dodgers for Sisters invite ANGELS Noah Syndergaard and relievers give up five home runs in Dodgers’ loss to Nationals Whatever he did clearly had no positive impact: He induced only one swinging strike among the 96 pitches he threw and his four-seam fastball was nearly indistinguishable from his changeup.Īfterward he was visibly downcast, his voice barely audible as he spoke to reporters.

After he gave up six runs in six innings at Tampa Bay on May 26, he expressed frustration and vowed to make adjustments. The latest case in point was his five-inning, five-run, seven-hit, three-home run performance Wednesday in the Dodgers’ 10-6 loss to the Washington Nationals at Dodger Stadium. He has made tweaks and has tweaked those tweaks but nothing has happened to make his time with the Dodgers feel like anything besides a failed $13-millon experiment - and one that should end soon. Noah Syndergaard showed again he’s impossibly far from being the commanding, near-invincible pitcher he was before the right-hander underwent Tommy John surgery in 2020. Become a subscriber.įrom Helene Elliott: It’s time for the Dodgers to drop the hammer on their Thor Experiment. Your support helps us deliver the news that matters most. Enjoying this newsletter? Consider subscribing to the Los Angeles Times

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