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Shohei Ohtani milestone can’t hide Dodgers’ bullpen woes in loss to Padres

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers watches the flight of his first-inning solo home against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium on Friday, April 12, 2024, in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani pulled even with one of his boyhood idols with a milestone home run in the first inning and added doubles in the fifth and seventh innings to extend a torrid eight-game stretch in which the Dodgers slugger is batting .458 (16 for 35) with four homers, seven doubles and five RBIs.

But San Diego torched the Dodgers bullpen for four runs in the sixth and seventh innings and nicked it for another run in the 11th while the Dodgers couldn’t put a dent over in the Padres bullpen over the final six innings, the difference in San Diego’s 8-7, 11-inning comeback victory

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