Overview

• The Dodgers’ relievers issued six walks in the sixth and seventh innings, allowing the Twins to score six runs on just two hits en route to a 10-7 defeat.
• Ben Casparius walked three of four batters before exiting with a calf cramp and Will Klein walked three of the next four, illustrating a fatigued relief corps stretched thin by injuries.
• Two critical defensive errors, including Edgardo Henriquez’s errant throw into right field and a misplayed grounder by Miguel Rojas, compounded the pitching struggles and extended Minnesota’s rallies.
• The Dodgers have placed 13 pitchers on the injured list this season and have used 35 different arms as starters now average fewer than five innings per start.
• Shohei Ohtani extended his career-best homer streak to four games with a two-run shot in the ninth, but his late surge could not offset the team’s broader pitching instability.