The 29-year-old right-hander piled up six strikeouts on the night while issuing a pair of walks. He needed 101 pitches to get through his five innings, but with a seven-run advantage he may have called it a night after five frames anyways. The damage done against him came on an RBI single by Jo Adell in the second inning and an RBI knock by Mike Trout in the fifth. López got 11 swings and misses on the night, registering a CSW of 28 percent. Now 2-1 on the season, he’ll carry a pristine 2.08 ERA, 1.11 WHIP and a 20/4 K/BB ratio (21 2/3 innings) into Wednesday’s battle against the Guardians in Cleveland.

Sauer will be capable of working multiple innings, but the 26-year-old won’t be able to go deep enough to qualify for a victory unless the Athletics are incredibly aggressive against the right-hander. He won’t be a quality streaming option for Thursday’s bullpen game against the Athletics.

Ohtani hit a no-doubter to lead off the game for the Dodgers and it bumps his homer total to 13. He’s been remarkably — and surprisingly — good in the month of May, and he’s now slashing .341/.442/.818 over those 48 at-bats in that timeframe. There’s a long way to go, but a back-to-back MVP season is well within reason, even if he doesn’t return to the mound in 2025.