BALTIMORE — Take two for what ails you.

Shohei Ohtani homered in each of his first two at-bats Sunday afternoon. And if that wasn’t enough to treat the Dodgers’ persistent headaches, Clayton Kershaw struck out a season-high eight and took a shutout into the sixth inning as the Dodgers snapped their five-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.

For most of the game, it looked like the kind of dismissive victory that should have been a staple of this week’s tour of baseball’s less fortunate. The Orioles did make it uncomfortable in the later innings. But the Dodgers held on to go 1-5 in Pittsburgh and Baltimore, returning home with their lead in the National League West intact nonetheless.

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