Pitching

Occasionally after one of his rare poor pitching performances, Shohei Ohtani would enter the Los Angeles Angels’ dugout and joke, “Maybe just hit.” As in, maybe just give up pitching…

New York Mets pitcher Justin Verlander delivers during the fifth inning against the Chicago White Sox on July 19. (Frank Franklin II / Associated Press) Of all the…

With their first pitching trade before next week’s deadline, the Dodgers are set to add depth to their rotation and bullpen.The team is nearing a trade with the Chicago White Sox to acquire…

This is the second in a three-part series analyzing the Dodgers farm system’s decade of success, and how it has helped turn the club into one of baseball’s best organizations.Here’s Part 1…

For three days in a row, the Angels have matched stellar starting pitching with big offense to power over the New York Yankees.It was pitcher Chase Silseth’s turn to start things off for…

The Times maintains Clayton Kershaw is kind of a “bulldog,” slogging through injuries and exhaustion to make his next start. Sorry, but with yet another visit to the injury list due to a…

Reid Detmers didn’t seem to think it was a big deal that he led the way in ending the Angels’ four-game losing streak Sunday by pitching six solid innings and racking up nine strikeouts,…

Shohei Ohtani’s next start is set. The Angels’ two-way star, who has been dealing with a cracked fingernail this week, will take the mound Tuesday against the Padres in San Diego.Ohtani had…

Baseball wisdom says to build momentum, you have to have pitching.This week, the Dodgers have found plenty of both.In their third straight win Friday night, a 3-2 defeat of the Houston…

In their 66 years of playing baseball in Los Angeles, the Dodgers have never fielded a pitching staff with numbers this bad.Not in their early Southern California years, when their…