Phillies @ Dodgers September 16, 2025: Dalton Rushing returns from the IL as Dodgers even the series behind Ohtani – Dodgers Digest Let

The Dodgers (84-66) dropped a tight match last night, because both teams exchanged large hits and the Phillies came up with an extra-after pocket fly that the Dodgers did not succeed in. Emmet Sheehan changed to 5 2/3 strong innings, but Jack Dreyer And Alex shutters Gay allowed and Blake trains The Ghost Runner admitted to score in the 10th for a loss of 6-5. Their already slender chances on the 2-seed in the NL became even slimmer and the idle Padres are now 2 games back from the first in the west while they start the Mets tonight. It was a bad loss for classification, but this season it is not scratching the surface of “bad losses”. They competed against a really good team and Mookie Betts And Andy -Pages came with huge hits (shoutout pages for a game type no-doubter off Jhoan Duran). Tonight they even watch the series against another Phillies Ace.

	7:10 pm		Los Angeles
CF	Bathers	Dh	Ohtani (l)
Dh	Schwarber (L)	SS	Ghetts
1b	Harper (L)	RF	Hernández
LF	Marsh (l)	1b	Freeman (L)
3b	Rogue	2b	Edman (s)
RF	Kepler (L)	LF	Phone call
2b	Wilson	CF	Pages
SS	Stott (L)	3b	K. Hernández
C	March	C	Rortvedt (L)
P	Sánchez (L)	P	Ohtani (R)

Shohei Ohtani Get the ball a bit of an emergency start in Baltimore. Ohtani was originally planned to start in Pittsburgh two days earlier, was scratched with a bit of a disease and eventually started two days later then Tyler GlasNow was scratched with tightness of the back. They limited Ohtani a bit with the unexpected start and pulled him on 70 throws after 3 2/3 shutout -innings. He allowed three hits and a walk with five strikeouts and 10 hints and the bullpen was usually good, the Orioles held on two points (which was still enough for a win because the attack could not get anything against Baltimore pitching. See, much worse loss than last night). The weird planning led the Dodgers to push the next start of Ohtani back to today on 10 days of rest. Ohtanis never stood at the Phillies like a pitcher and has a .661 Ops in 16 games against them as a batter.

Cristopher Sanchez Makes his 30th start of the season. He came to Cy Young last season in Cy Young and is actually better in all respects this season. Sanchez has an ERA of 2.57 in 182 1/3 Innings (which exceeds its innings in 31 starts last season) and this season has allowed more than three runs in just three of its 29 starts. One of them came across the Dodgers in his second start of the season, when he allowed four runs and six hits (two homers). Sanchez has only had two scoreless trips this season, but has also had only six starts that allow more than two runs. He has completed six innings in 22 of his 29 starts, but has only four starts above 100 fields. Sanchez has allowed one point in each of his last three starts, but allowed 11 runs about his previous three starts.

Sanchez throws a zinc shut almost half the time (45.3 percent). His 58.3 percent ground ball percentage is the third highest under qualified starters and he has only allowed 10 homers, tied up with Paul Scenes And David Peterson (who has thrown 20 innings less than Sanchez) for the least allowed. Sanchez has not allowed a Homer to go back in his last eight until July 28, where he naturally allowed two to the White Sox (one of his three begins to allow more than three runs). Sanchez throws a switch almost exclusively to the judges (38.1 percent of use, 926 of its 1006 switches have been to Righties) and has allowed a scent of 44.4 percent and .196 Woba. His third throw is a slider (use of 16.6 percent), and despite the fact that it is its least used pitch, it has been his most transmitted pitch (five of his 10 gays have come from the slider).

Tommy Edman returns to the line -Up, starting with the second with Miguel Rojas sitting. Max Muncy is also like Enrique Hernandez Gets the start in third place. Leg rortvedt Starts behind the plate.

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Rortvedt starts tonight, but Dalton Hurry is back.