8-and-Ohtani! Walk-off HR keeps LA perfect

Plus: This NL West rival is undefeated, too

Thursday, April 03 View In Browser  TOP NEWS The Sho must go on! Ohtani's walk-off HR keeps LA perfect   Down five runs early and seemingly headed to their first loss, the Dodgers became the first defending World Series champs to begin the season 8-0 when Shohei Ohtani delivered a walk-off homer in the ninth. Why has there been a surge of in-season extensions? Padres extend historic start to '25, sweep Guards for perfect 7-0 record Gallen heats up the cold Bronx night, K's 13 Yankees in gem 'I knew it was gonna come': Devers snaps 0-for-21 streak with RBI double In 144th season, Cardinals get first 3-HR game by a catcher Walk-off bunt! Crew backs Peralta's gem with expert small ball Suzuki more aggressive at plate, powers Cubs to sweep of A's Wheeler (10 K's, 25 whiffs) in elite company with impressive streak Skenes the magic ingredient as Pirates' slide ends at 4 MORE TOP NEWS MLB MORNING LINEUP PODCAST TOP PERFORMANCES Pete Alonso Polar opposite: 0 HR, RBIs in HOU; 2 HR, 8 RBIs in MIA Garrett Crochet Signed, sealed, delivered: After $170 million deal, 8 scoreless IP Paul Skenes Power pitcher/couple: K'd 6, featured in GQ w/Livvy Dunne Zac Gallen Torpedoed Yankees with 13 strikeouts (Judge 3 times) Freddy Peralta Retired final 19, completed 8 IP for 1st time in 6 years PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY Elly De La Cruz needed every inch of his wingspan to get to this foul fly. MORE TOP PLAYS STAFF PICKS One takeaway for each team after one week The first week of games has featured a number of notable developments -- some more expected than others. Are the Dodgers on 117 watch? Not so fast The Dodgers aren't going to break the AL/NL single-season wins record, no matter how strong their start is. In fact, Will Leitch doesn't think they will even come all that close.  California winnin': Two NL rivals undefeated This is the fifth season where multiple teams started 7-0 or better -- but the first time both clubs have come from the same division. Power couple gets GQ treatment Pirates ace Paul Skenes and his girlfriend, Livvy Dunne, are featured in a new profile at GQ.com that gives some insight into their life at home. Skubal goes back to school on Seattle homecoming trip On Tuesday, Tarik Skubal went to watch his alma mater, Seattle University, play. A day later, they were guests at his start against the Mariners. Take a tumble in front of 35,858 fans? 'That's one way to get up' Nearly all of us have at one time tripped in public. It can be an embarrassing moment as you take a look around to see if anyone noticed. The Padres' Jose Iglesias had the perfect response. Thursday tripleheader on MLB Network The Phillies go for a sweep of the Rockies at 1 p.m. ET, the Twins have their home opener against the Astros at 4, and the D-backs look to sweep the Yankees in the Bronx at 7. MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD TEX 1 CIN 0 PIT 4 TB 2 KC 2 MIL 3 LAA 5 STL 12 MIN 6 CWS 1 WAS 2 TOR 4 CHC 10 OAK 2 CLE 2 SD 5 DET 2 SEA 3 SF 6 HOU 3 NYM 6 MIA 5 BOS 3 BAL 0 COL 1 PHI 5 ARI 4 NYY 3 ATL 5 LAD 6 © 2025 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. MLB trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com. Any other marks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. Please review our Privacy Policy. You (gahleexholly.hdhask@blogger.com) received this message because you registered to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com. Please add info@marketing.mlbemail.com to your address book to ensure our messages reach your inbox. If you no longer wish to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com, please unsubscribe  or log in and manage your email subscriptions. Postal Address: MLB.com, c/o MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.