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Shohei Ohtani strikes out 8, hits go-ahead HR vs. Cardinals, but St. Louis rallies for win against Dodgers bullpen
Shohei Ohtani returned to the mound Wednesday for the first time since ending a July 30 start early due to cramps. All seems well with the National League MVP favorite. Ohtani pitched four one-run innings against the St. Louis Cardinals. And he hit a two-run home run in the third that gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a 2-1 lead. But it wasn't enough for a Dodgers win as the Cardinals rallied for a 5-3 victory. [Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2025 NFL season] Ohtani quickly quelled any concerns about the cramps from his previous start with a strong first inning. He needed just 10 pitches to get through the Cardinals' side and reached 100 mph on the radar gun with a third-pitch strike to Alec Burleson that ended the inning. Ohtani pitched another 1-2-3 inning in the second that featured two strikeouts and required just 11 pitches. The third inning required more work from Ohtani and saw the Cardinals get on the scoreboard first. Jordan Walker reached on a leadoff infield pop-up that Miguel Rojas lost in the sun. Walker then stole second and reached third on a groundout. Brendan Donovan sent him home with a savvy, two-out bunt that landed for an RBI single and a 1-0 Cardinals lead. The lead was short-lived. Alex Call led off the bottom of the third with a double for the Dodgers. Two batters later, Ohtani sent him home with a blast deep into the center-field stands off Cardinals starter Matthew Liberatore. The home run was the 39th of the season for Ohtani, which puts him one behind NL leader Kyle Schwarber and three behind MLB home run leader Cal Raleigh. It was also the 1,000th hit of Ohtani's MLB career. And Ohtani's day on the mound wasn't finished. He returned for the top of the fourth inning, in which he proceeded to strike out the side. Ohtani got each of Burleson, Lars Nootbaar and Masyn Winn swinging on third-pitch breaking balls to maintain the 2-1 Dodgers lead. The Dodgers took a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth, and Ohtani did not return to the mound for the fifth inning. Reliever Justin Wrobleski took over. Ohtani finished his day on the mound having pitched four innings and allowed two hits, zero walks and one earned run that was the result of a misplay in the field. He struck out eight and lowered his ERA to 2.37. Ohtani's abbreviated start was part of the continued plan to ramp him back up on the mound following his 2023 elbow surgery. The Dodgers bullpen couldn't hold on for the win. Cardinals rally against Dodgers bullpen The Cardinals added a run in the sixth off of reliever Justin Wrobleski to cut the Dodgers lead to 3-2. In the eighth inning, they capitalized on an opportunity to retake the lead. Burleson and Winn got to first and second with with one out via singles off of Alex Vesia. Walker then delivered the game-tying RBI on a single to left-center field that scored Burleson. Then disaster struck for the Dodgers. After a throw to third base failed to get Winn out, third baseman Alex Freeland attempted to throw Walker out at second. Instead, the ball ended up in right field, and Winn scored the go-ahead run on the throwing error for a 4-3 Cardinals lead. The Cardinals added an insurance run in the ninth, and reliever Riley O'Brien pitched a scoreless bottom of the ninth to secure the 5-3 win. The Dodgers got a standout game from Ohtani. But in the end, it was the Cardinals who came out on top.
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Shohei Ohtani notches 1,000th career hit with home run on same day he strikes out 8 batters
Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star achieved yet another incredible feat on the diamond on Wednesday, notching his 1,000th career hit with a go-ahead home run on the same day he struck out a season-high eight batters. It was just the eighth start of Ohtani's tenure with the Boys in Blue, after missing the 2024 season while recovering from elbow surgery. He hurled four innings, his longest showing of the season as he continues to ramp up towards full availability as a starter, allowing one run on two hits. In the third inning, just moments after he struck out St. Louis Cardinals catcher Ivan Herrera with a nasty breaking pitch, Ohtani slugged a 440-foot two-run homer to deep center, giving the Dodgers what was at the time a 2-1 lead. It was hit No. 1,000 for his MLB career, and career homer No. 264. When combined with his Nippon Professional Baseball statistics in Japan, he now has 1,297 hits and 312 homers. The home run was Ohtani's 39th this season, putting him just three behind the Seattle Mariners' Cal Raleigh for the MLB lead. Ohtani is now the third Japanese-born player to achieve the feat, joining the likes of Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki — who had 3,088 hits in his MLB career — and Hideki Matsui, who tallied 1,253 hits in 10 seasons. Ultimately, Los Angeles wound up losing Wednesday's contest 5-2 as their bullpen was unable to hold of the Cardinals.
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US Olympic skier opens up on evolution of rivalry with Canada ahead of 2026 Winter Games
Wednesday marks six months until the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina. Team USA will renew its winter rivalry with Canada in the first Olympics in a new geopolitical landscape in North America. American men's skiing medalist Alex Ferreira, entering his third Winter Games, told Fox News Digital he has always seen Canada as one of his country's biggest rivals in his sport, alongside New Zealand. "New Zealand and Canada are the two biggest rivals," Ferreira said, pointing to Canadian Brendan Mackay as one of his top individual rivals. "Some of the most intense competitions I've had with some of the Canadians was in 2023, the Bakuriani, Georgia, World Championships with Brendan Mackay and myself. Brendan ended up winning. … Brendan skied really great there." But, in 2026, Ferreira believes the rivalry will "probably" burn even hotter, citing the tensions created by recent U.S. tariffs imposed on Canadian goods earlier this year. "Probably, because what [President Donald] Trump is saying about the tariffs and everything, I'm sure there's a bit of rivalry going on there. But, certainly the Canadians, like Brendan is getting better every single day. I myself am training every single day. So, I think we both just really want to win," Ferreira said. "You just want to represent your country as best as possible, and being American, I just, of course, I want to win. They're our neighbors up north, and they're great people. But I want to beat them." Ferreira is familiar with the Canadian slopes his rivals use to train. He's competed at the Windsport Park in Calgary every year in recent years for competitions and the famed ski hills in Whistler. But Ferreira believes the slopes in Colorado are "more intense" and will give him and the other Americans an advantage when it comes time to compete at Milano Cortina. The men's skiing competitions will take place at Livigno, which Ferreira claims is more similar to Colorado than Canada. "Yeah, definitely [Colorado slopes] are a bit more intense, no question. What I will say is more intense in Canada is definitely the cold. It's definitely nippy up there. It's freezing," Ferreira said. "It certainly can give an advantage because it's more similar to what's being held in Milano Cortina, especially in Livigno, where our venue will be held. It's definitely more similar to Colorado than it is to Canada." Ferreira says he has invited Canadian rivals, including Mackay, to Colorado to train together, and they have invited him to Canada to do the same, but neither side has ever agreed to meet up to do it. "I get it. Everyone's busy. They got their own things going on, and it's just easier when you train in your own country. So, I totally understand. So, they've never taken me up on it, and I've actually never taken them up on going up there either," Ferreira said. As a Catholic American, Ferreira is proud to have seen the first-ever American-born Pope. "It's spectacular. It's never been done before, so it's certainly a special time," Ferreira said. Ferreira's devotion to Catholicism dates back to his childhood, and he credits his faith with helping him achieve success in his skiing career. "I've grown up as a Catholic. I was at first communion and had confirmation," he said. "I'm religious in the way in believing in the universe and doing everything in your power to put yourself in luck's way and be a good person and ultimately follow the golden rule, 'Do unto others how you want to be treated.' "It benefits my skiing performance because you're able to put your head on the pillow every night and fall asleep. You've got to be able to be a good person and live with yourself everyday because that's the one person you can't get away from. So, if you're being a good person, and you're doing all the right things, and you're extending kindness, then it's easier to train. And it's easier to focus on your goals. And it's easier for them to come true, I believe." Right after finishing his last Olympic performance in Beijing in 2022, Ferreira ended his years-long break from eating meat when he took a bite into a classic American cheeseburger. "I had a cheeseburger after a year and a half or two years [away from meat], and it was the most delicious thing I've ever eaten. And, since then, I just feel a bit stronger," he said. "I don't know if I thought it was better for my body. It was just my palate was like, 'That was delicious, and we're not leaving that again.' "I might feel a touch stronger in some ways. I feel like I have more weight on my body in some ways." Ferreira ate meat throughout his life, including during his training leading up to the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. But he experimented with going meatless and adopting a vegetarian/pescatarian diet in the years leading up to Beijing. "The thought process of originally cutting it out was, 'OK, let's give this a chance. I've heard of some other athletes trying it, like Novak Djokovic and some others.' And I figured, 'All right, why not? They're the best in the world,' and it worked. It was fine," Ferreira said. "I was definitely lighter weight-wise." Still, Ferreira aims to eat a lighter diet overall, and his breakfast is still entirely plant-based. "For breakfast, it's always oatmeal, 10 blueberries, Goji berries, cacao nibs, cashew butter, honey and tea. So, any sort of ginger-turmeric tea with honey as well. That's pretty standard. That's five to seven days a week." And while Ferreira has abandoned Djokovic's example of avoiding meat, he still follows another global sports legend, soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, in avoiding alcohol altogether. The Winter Olympics and Paralympics begin in February 2026. More information about the athletes can be found at
