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    Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitches 5 scoreless innings in final spring tune-up
    • March 21, 2026

    THE GAME: In his final tune-up before Opening Day, Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched five scoreless innings and the Dodgers beat a San Diego Padres split squad, 4-3, on Friday night at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz.

    PITCHING REPORT: Yamamoto allowed just three hits and a walk while striking out seven in his five innings. His next start will be in the season-opening game against the Arizona Diamondbacks next Thursday night. … Edwin Diaz made his first appearance for the Dodgers since returning from the World Baseball Classic. He got two ground outs then gave up a double and a two-run home run to Ramon Laureano. … Chris Campos struck out one in a hitless inning. The Dodgers’ seventh-round draft pick in 2022 out of St. Mary’s College allowed just one hit in nine innings this spring and didn’t walk a batter while striking out 11 of the 33 batters he faced.

    HITTING REPORT: Will Smith made his first start since returning from the WBC and went 1 for 3 with a double. … Shohei Ohtani made his first start at DH since the WBC and went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts. … Miguel Rojas had a single and an RBI double. He has gone 14 for 39 this spring. … Teoscar Hernandez and Max Muncy drew back-to-back walks with the bases loaded in the fifth inning. … Top prospect Eduardo Quintero had a pair of singles and drove in a run after entering the game in the sixth inning.

    FREEWAY SERIES: The Dodgers’ starting rotation lines up for Tyler Glasnow (Sunday), Roki Sasaki (Monday) and Ohtani (Tuesday) to start the three exhibition games against the Angels in Southern California. Sunday’s game is at Angel Stadium before the series shifts to Dodger Stadium for the last two games.

    UP NEXT: Athletics (LHP Jacob Lopez) at Dodgers (RHP Emmet Sheehan), Saturday, 11:05 a.m., Camelback Ranch, SportsNet LA. The start time was moved up due to the excessive heat in the Phoenix area.

    ​ Orange County Register 

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