PITTSBURGH -- Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani will make his next start as a pitcher on Monday against Colorado in Los Angeles. Ohtani was scheduled to start Wednesday at Pittsburgh. However, because of a chest cold, he was limited to designated hitter duties, and Emmet Sheehan started in the Dodgers' loss. Dodgers catcher Will Smith was not in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Pirates. The three-time All-Star sustained a bruised right hand on Wednesday when a foul ball hit him.
It's really remarkable how they find ways to disappoint at this juncture, but the Dodgers have dropped another series to a sub-.500 team after a 3-0 loss to the Pirates, and they're in major danger of being swept tomorrow. More frustrating is the way it happened, as they went 0-for-7 with RISP. They stranded the bases loaded with nobody out in the 2nd, the bases loaded again with two outs in the 3rd,