SEOUL —
Off the field, Thursday was a nightmare for the Dodgers amid the Ippei Mizuhara/Shohei Ohtani gambling saga.
On the field, in the finale of their South Korean series against the San Diego Padres, things for the team didn’t go much better.
Star Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto flopped in his MLB debut, ringing in his record $325 million contract with a five-run outing that lasted just one inning.
An explosive offensive performance — keyed by a six-RBI outburst from Mookie Betts and four-hit performance from Will Smith — was wasted, with the Dodgers losing 15-11 after failing to erase an early seven-run deficit.