Shohei Ohtani has had quite the week. After taking the mound against the last-place Rockies, he struggled in a way rarely seen. His outing lasted just four innings, short of the scheduled five, and he allowed five earned runs on nine hits—marking one of his roughest performances in recent memory.

While the defending World Series champions are aiming for consecutive titles, they have struggled as of late. Just last week, their struggles were viewed as historic in some ways. Speaking on an offensive setback for the Dodgers, The Angels pulled off just their eighth triple play ever, while the Dodgers have now been on the unlucky end 24 times, per Baseball Almanac’s tracker. Interestingly, in the 152 games of the Freeway Series since 1997, this was the first triple play between the two teams,

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