Clayton Kershaw won't pitch for the Dodgers in playoffs after big toe injury fails to heal

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw, sidelined since late August with a toe injury, won’t pitch again this season for the Los Angeles Dodgers. “This is it for Clayton for 2024,” manager Dave Roberts said Saturday before Game 1 of the National League Division Series between the...

Dodgers' Kershaw, Guardians' Lively, Tigers' Mize and Yankees' Stroman are left off ALDS rosters

Pitchers Clayton Kershaw and Joe Kelly were left off the Los Angeles Dodgers' roster for their NL Division Series against the San Diego Padres that started Saturday. Kershaw is done for the season after his big toe injury worsened, manager Dave Roberts said. Kelly also won't be...

From Japan to the majors, Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto want to deliver a World Series to LA

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto have been friends going back to their days playing in Japan’s top baseball league. Now, they’re making their Major League Baseball playoff debuts together for the Los Angeles Dodgers. They teamed to win a gold medal for...

Shohei Ohtani is feeling excitement, not nerves, on eve of his postseason debut with the Dodgers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is about to realize his childhood dream of playing in important games. There’s nothing bigger than the Major League Baseball playoffs. And the Japanese superstar isn’t nervous. “I think the excitement of that is greater than...

'Devastated' Joe Musgrove needs Tommy John surgery and won't pitch for the Padres in the NLDS

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joe Musgrove needs Tommy John surgery and won’t pitch for the San Diego Padres in the NL Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The right-hander has an ulnar collateral ligament injury, A.J. Preller, the Padres president of baseball operations, said...

Dodgers to flip Flaherty and Yoshinobu in rotation against rival Padres in NLDS

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers are flipping Jack Flaherty and rookie Yoshinobu Yamamoto in their rotation for the National League Division Series against the rival San Diego Padres. Yamamoto will start Game 1 on Saturday and Flaherty will go in Game 2 on Sunday at...

Higashioka's homer starts rally as Padres beat Braves 5-4 to sweep NL Wild Card Series

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kyle Higashioka's solo homer started a five-run rally against an ailing Max Fried with two outs in the second inning, and the San Diego Padres held on to sweep the Atlanta Braves with a 5-4 victory in Game 2 of their NL Wild Card Series on Wednesday night. Manny...

Fried's early exit the latest Braves injury in a trying season that ends with playoff sweep

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Braves' best pitcher, NL Cy Young Award favorite Chris Sale, was back home in Atlanta with a back injury. Max Fried, who started his career as a San Diego Padres farmhand and won the clinching game in the 2021 World Series for the Braves, was in the trainer's...

Starters Max Fried and Joe Musgrove have early exits with apparent injuries in Braves-Padres game

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Atlanta Braves left-hander Max Fried and San Diego Padres right-hander Joe Musgrove had early exits Wednesday night in Game 2 of their NL Wild Card Series. Fried was done after two innings. He was hit on his left hip by a comebacker from Fernando Tatis Jr. two...

The San Diego Padres sweep the Atlanta Braves in their NL Wild Card Series with a 5-4 victory in Game 2