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Cactus cameo: Dodgers play Ohtani before WBC

created: Feb. 21, 2026, 3:50 p.m. | updated: Feb. 21, 2026, 8:56 p.m.

Open Extended ReactionsGLENDALE, Ariz. -- Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to play a couple of Cactus League games for the two-time defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers before he departs the desert to join Japan for the World Baseball Classic. "Sometimes he takes two and he feels good or he wants that third at-bat," manager Dave Roberts said. He's going to play in a couple Cactus League games, but I'm not exactly sure when his plane ticket is. During his remarkable World Series, Yamamoto struck out 15 and walked two over 17⅔ innings, allowing two runs and 10 hits. He and Randy Johnson are the only pitchers since 1969 to win three games in one World Series.

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