Pretty much every seat except those in the far reaches of the upper deck were filled. In the lower bowl, almost everyone stood. The first pitch from the mound was cheered. The first warmup pitch. Shohei Ohtani pitching for the first time since before his September 2023 Tommy John surgery — and pitching for the first time with the Dodgers — made Dodger Stadium the center of the

The Dodgers are favored (-152 moneyline odds to win) when they square off against the Padres (+128). The Dodgers will give the ball to Ben Casparius (4-1) versus the Padres and Dylan Cease (2-5). Ahead of the Dodgers vs.