Overview

• Manager Dave Roberts said Tyler Glasnow reported back tightness during pregame work, is day-to-day, and is tentatively aimed to return early next week.
• After a brief afternoon discussion with pitching coach Mark Prior, Ohtani was named Friday’s starter just hours before first pitch, with Roberts projecting fewer than five innings.
• Ohtani had been scratched from his Wednesday start by a chest cold and was initially lined up for Monday before the late change in Baltimore.
• The outing is his 12th of the season during a gradual return from a second Tommy John surgery, following his first five-inning start on Aug. 27; he enters with a 4.18 ERA.
• Orioles interim manager Tony Mansolino said Baltimore did not alter its lineup despite the Dodgers’ last-minute switch on the mound.