{"id":731242,"date":"2026-06-12T04:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T04:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/731242\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T04:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T04:42:09","slug":"shohei-ohtani-homers-leaves-game-with-left-knee-inflammation-in-los-angeles-dodgers-8-6-win-over-pittsburgh-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/731242\/","title":{"rendered":"Shohei Ohtani homers, leaves game with left knee inflammation in Los Angeles Dodgers’ 8-6 win over Pittsburgh Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"

PITTSBURGH (AP) \u2014 Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani<\/a> hit his 13th homer of the season before leaving the game due to left knee inflammation and Los Angeles beat the Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> 8-6 on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

The reigning NL MVP hit a solo homer in the third inning. He also had a single and walked twice, reaching base in all four of his plate appearances before being lifted for a pinch hitter in the seventh inning.<\/p>\n

It was not immediately clear when Ohtani began feeling discomfort in the knee. <\/p>\n

Dodgers starter Justin Wrobleski<\/a> left the game in the fifth inning with a left hamstring contusion. The left-hander was hit by a line drive off the bat of Bryan Reynolds<\/a>. The ball ricocheted off Wrobleski to first baseman Freddie Freeman<\/a>. Wrobleski collided with Reynolds while taking Freeman\u2019s toss at first base.<\/p>\n

Andy Pages<\/a> also had two hits for the NL West-leading Dodgers, who took two of three in the series. Kyle Tucker<\/a> hit a two-run single, and Miguel Rojas<\/a> drove in two more runs.<\/p>\n

Pirates rookie Rafael Flores<\/a> Jr. hit his first MLB home run, and Brandon Lowe<\/a> also went deep. Flores, Nick Gonzales<\/a> and Spencer Horwitz<\/a> had two hits apiece.<\/p>\n

Wrobleski allowed four runs in 4 2\/3 innings. Mitch Keller<\/a> (5-4) was tagged for five runs in four innings.<\/p>\n

Jack Dreyer<\/a> (3-1) pitched a scoreless seventh inning and Tanner Scott<\/a> got the last four outs for his seventh save.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Dodgers: RHP Roki Sasaki<\/a> (4-3, 4.03 ERA) pitches against White Sox LHP Anthony Kay<\/a> (5-1, 4.40) on Friday night in Chicago.<\/p>\n

Pirates: Host Miami on Friday night with RHP Braxton Ashcraft<\/a> (5-3, 3.28 ERA) facing Marlins RHP Sandy Alcantara<\/a> (5-4, 4.33).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n

John Perrotto, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH (AP) \u2014 Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani hit his 13th homer of the season before leaving the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-731242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}