Baseball

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani and his dog will be featured on his second bobblehead giveaway by the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Japanese two-way superstar is holding his dog, Decoy, while wearing a white Dodgers home uniform.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Houston Astros plan to call up right-hander Jake Bloss from Double-A Corpus Christi to make his major league debut against the Baltimore Orioles on Friday and fill a hole in their injury-depleted rotation.

San Francisco Giants (36-39, fourth in the NL West) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (36-37, second in the NL Central) Birmingham, Alabama; Thursday, 7:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Giants: Keaton Winn (3-7, 6.66 ERA, 1.

Baltimore Orioles (48-25, second in the AL East) vs. New York Yankees (51-25, first in the AL East) New York; Thursday, 4:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Orioles: Cole Irvin (6-3, 3.03 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 51 strikeouts); Yankees: Luis Gil (9-1, 2.

Milwaukee Brewers (44-30, first in the NL Central) vs. San Diego Padres (38-40, second in the NL West) San Diego; Thursday, 9:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Brewers: Bryse Wilson (4-3, 3.84 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 50 strikeouts); Padres: Adam Mazur (0-2, 7.

Seattle Mariners (44-32, first in the AL West) vs. Cleveland Guardians (45-26, first in the AL Central) Cleveland; Thursday, 1:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Mariners: Luis Castillo (6-7, 3.32 ERA, 1.

Kansas City Royals (41-34, third in the AL Central) vs. Oakland Athletics (28-48, fifth in the AL West) Oakland, California; Thursday, 3:37 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Seth Lugo (10-2, 2.40 ERA, 1.

Tampa Bay Rays (35-39, fourth in the AL East) vs. Minnesota Twins (41-33, second in the AL Central) Minneapolis; Thursday, 1:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Zack Littell (2-5, 4.24 ERA, 1.

Los Angeles Dodgers (46-30, first in the NL West) vs. Colorado Rockies (26-48, fifth in the NL West) Denver; Thursday, 3:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Dodgers: Gavin Stone (7-2, 3.01 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 56 strikeouts); Rockies: Ty Blach (3-4, 4.

Arizona Diamondbacks (36-38, third in the NL West) vs. Washington Nationals (36-37, third in the NL East) Washington; Thursday, 1:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Ryne Nelson (4-5, 5.49 ERA, 1.