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FRIDAY’S RESULTS

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AGBU 48, Mary Star of the Sea 44

Agoura 79, St. Francis 77

Alemany 54, Palisades 52

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Aliso Niguel 79, Simi Valley 61

Alta Loma 50, Shadow Hills 42

Anaheim Canyon 80, Inglewood 70

Arlington 59, Long Beach Cabrillo 57

Atascadero 60, Montclair 46

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Averroes 44, Bassett 36

Bakersfield Christian 84, Santa Monica 56

Banning 62, Arroyo Valley 40

Bishop Amat 59, Arroyo Grande 46

Bishop Montgomery 49, Orange Lutheran 45

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Bosco Tech 69, Norco 62

Brea Olinda 43, Northview 33

Brentwood 63, San Joaquin Memorial 48

Buckley 70, Hilltop 32

Burbank 58, Mark Keppel 55

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Calabasas 66, Hart 62

Calexico 60, San Jacinto 45

Calvary Baptist 35, Bellflower 31

Camarillo 49, Patrick Henry 38

Campbell Hall 71, Village Christian 63

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Canyon Country Canyon 108, Hawthorne 45

Cerritos Valley Christian 50, San Bernardino 47

Chadwick 64, Riverside Notre Dame 49

Chaffey 55, Charter Oak 42

Chaminade 67, Laguna Creek 53

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Chino Hills 61, Bonita 54

Chowchilla 79, Magnolia 18

Citrus Hill 70, Colton 50

Claremont 55, Arroyo 32

Cleveland 55, Salesian 36

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Coastal Christian 69, Santa Maria 62

Colony 65, Sotomayor 55

Corona 74, Rim of the World 24

Corona Centennial 82, Sunnyslope (AZ) 59

Corona Santiago 61, Diamond Bar 48

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Crescenta Valley 58, Upland 43

Crespi 64, Dublin 59

Culver City 61, St. Paul 58

Cypress 66, Bishop Manogue (Nev.) 47

Damonte Ranch (Nev.) 77, Malibu 24

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Desert Christian Academy 90, Orange Glen 20

Don Lugo 58, Ridgecrest Burroughs 56

Dos Pueblos 53, Holy Martyrs 52

Dougherty Valley 73, Santa Barbara 70

Downey 55, Beaumont 50

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Eastside Catholic (Wash.) 68, Riverside Poly 62

Eastvale Roosevelt 90, Clovis North 58

Edgewood 64, Desert Hot Springs 53

Edison 53, Tesoro 47

El Dorado 69, Mt. Carmel 42

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El Toro 81, Orange 26

Esperanza 58, San Dimas 54

Etiwanda 55, Liberty (Ariz.) 47

Fontana 55, West Covina 45

Fountain Valley 97, Compton Centennial 30

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Fullerton 64, Santa Ana 48

Garden Grove 74, Lakeside 56

Garden Grove Pacifica 81, Westminster 43

Gardena Serra 69, Sylmar 64

Glendora 61, Central 55

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Granada Hills Kennedy 49, Hollywood 39

Great Oak 61, Elk Grove Franklin 60

Harbor Teacher 54, Rise Kohyang 26

Harvard-Westlake 79, American Fork (Utah) 50

Hesperia 72, Tahoma (Wash.) 44

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Hillcrest 57, Kaiser 45

Hillcrest Christian 74, Portola 53

Hoover 61, Duarte 54

Huntington Beach 58, Rialto 51

Ironwood (Ariz.) 60, Rolling Hills Prep 49

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Irvine 61, Boulder City (Nev.) 48

Jesuit 47, Crossroads 43

JSerra 61, Montgomery 57

Jurupa Valley 52, San Gorgonio 49

Katella 46, El Rancho 45

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King’s Academy 61, Eastside 43

La Canada 64, Hacienda Heights Wilson 38

LACES 65, La Salle 46

Laguna Beach 75, Yucca Valley 20

Lakewood 54, Riverside North 50

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La Mirada 82, Redondo Union 72

La Palma Kennedy 54, Godinez 34

La Serna 57, Walnut 52

Lawndale 55, Narbonne 53

Legacy Christian 71, Beckman 62

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Littlerock 55, Grant 46

Loma Linda Academy 55, Glendale Adventist 41

Long Beach Poly 66, Oaks Christian 47

Los Alamitos 74, San Ramon Valley 71

Los Amigos 66, Chino 61

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Los Altos 57, Garden Grove Santiago 55

Loyola 78, Victory Christian Academy 71

Madera 64, Montclair 46

Manual Arts 68, Cathedral 66

Marquez 62, Ponderosa 51

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Mayfair 62, Aquinas 61

Mesa Grande Academy 64, Escondido Adventist Academy 46

Metaire Park Country Day (La.) 80, West Ranch 72

Millikan 54, Leuzinger 52

Mira Costa 79, Pilibos 53

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Mission College Prep 74, Rio Mesa 55

Monrovia 75, Jurupa Hills 61

Moreno Valley 67, Twentynine Palms 37

Newport Harbor 75, Mission Viejo 53

Nipomo 57, Valley Christian Academy 52

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Norte Vista 79, Flintridge Prep 72

North Torrance 67, Crenshaw 38

Oak Hills 71, Westlake 68

Oak Park 78, Bishop Diego 46

Oakwood 69, Granite Bay 68

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Orange County Pacifica Christian 55, La Habra 50

Orange Vista 57, Foothill (Nev.) 53

Orcutt Academy 66, Valley Christian Academy 52

Oxford Academy 43, Norwalk 36

Oxnard 87, Fresno Roosevelt 58

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Palm Desert 71, Carter 54

Palm Springs 56, Skyline (Wash.) 50

Palos Verdes 49, Granada Hills 44

Pasadena 63,Valencia 50

Peachtree Ridge (Ga.) 69, Temecula Prep 30

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Perris 69, California School for the Deaf Riverside 43

Pioneer 71, Ambassador 53

Placentia Valencia 62, Bolsa Grande 20

Price 50, South Torrance 38

Providence 46, Maranatha 41

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Ramona 69, Woodcrest Christian 34

Rancho Cucamonga 60, Crean Lutheran 49

Rancho Mirage 56, Cantwell-Sacred Heart 41

Rancho Verde 61, St. Anthony 60

Redlands 66, Pacific 46

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Redlands East Valley 63, Riverside Prep 52

Righetti 64, Moorpark 56

Rio Hondo Prep 69, Downey Calvary Chapel 13

Riverside King 59, Whittier 55

Rosemead 43, Baldwin Park 40

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Royal 60, Semiahmoo (Canada) 55

Rubidoux 82, Garey 21

Saddleback 60, Paramount 55

Sage Hill 54, Mountain View 50

Saguaro (Ariz.) 84, Murrieta Mesa 62

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Samueli Academy 52, Cedar Park Christian (Wash.) 48

San Clemente 108, Costa Mesa 48

San Gabriel Academy 62, Arcadia 47

San Juan Hills 58, Rancho Christian 49

San Luis Obispo 68, Newbury Park 52

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San Marcos 74, Paraclete 24

San Marino 56, El Segundo 49

San Pedro 93, Fremont 36

Santa Ana Foothill 47, San Ramon California 34

Santa Ana Mater Dei 84, Highland 22

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Santa Fe 78, Southlands Christian 36

Santa Margarita 65, Damien 54

Santa Monica Pacifica Christian 56, Sunny Hills 45

Santa Paula 77, Sierra Pacific 62

Santa Rosa Academy 72, Newbury Park Adventist 59

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Segerstrom 72, Nogales 29

Servite 58, Taft 43

Shalhevet 59, Saugus 40

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 70, Sierra Vista 43

Sierra Vista 55, Apple Valley 54

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Silverado 55, Canyon Springs 50

South East 53, Carson 43

South Pasadena 79, King/Drew 55

South Torrance 51, Peninsula 36

Spanish Springs (Nev.) 63, Fairfax 56

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Springdale (Ark.) 69, Westminster 58

St. Bernard 93, Westwood (Ariz.) 26

St. Bonaventure 72, Long Beach Wilson 60

St. Genevieve 52, Elkton (Ore.) 34

St. John Bosco 52, Heritage Christian 43

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Saint Louis (Hawaii) 67, Linfield Christian 47

St. Margaret’s 54, Estancia 46

St. Mary’s 60, Gahr 59

St. Monica 57, Sacramento 35

Stevenson 70, Coachella Valley 42

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Sun Valley Poly 61, Dorsey 39

Tarbut Valley Torah 77, Rancho Alamitos 38

Temescal Canyon 60, Indian Springs 45

Temple City 79, Mountain View 31

Thousand Oaks 62, Summit 60

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Torrance 61, La Quinta 52

Torrey Pines 76, Temecula Valley 70

Tustin 63, Live Oak 34

University Prep 81, Oxnard Pacifica 78

Valley View 49, Tahquitz 41

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View Park 54, Legacy 52

Viewpoint 75, Grand Terrace 54

Villa Park 87, Lynwood 48

Vista Murrieta 70, Auburn (Wash.) 58

Warren 69, Western 36

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Washington 65, Fairmont Prep 63

Weed 83, Hueneme 36

Westchester 49, Green Level (N.C.) 41

West Valley 72, Schurr 60

Whittier California 78, Alhambra 59

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Wildwood 55, Logan Memorial Education 36

Wiseburn Da Vinci 61, Maranatha Christian 51

Woodbridge 76, Elsinore 55

Workman 96, Aveson Global Leadership 58

Ygnacio Valley 78, Murrieta Valley 50

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Yorba Linda 64, Oak Park 46

Yucaipa 77, Serrano 46

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Acalanes 63, San Juan Hills 37

Anaheim 63, South El Monte 19

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Anaheim Canyon 59, Oceanside El Camino 16

Antelope Valley 58, Atascadero 19

Apple Valley 55, Canyon Springs 51

Arcadia 52, Colony 25

Arleta 60, Temple City 40

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Bakersfield Centennial 69, Lancaster 46

Beckman 47, Oak Ridge 46

Bellevue (Wash.) 57, Esperanza 44

Bellflower 43, Capistrano Valley 41

Birmingham 58, Legacy 46

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Bishop Amat 59, Carson 50

Bishop Montgomery 51, St. Mary’s 47

Buena 66, St. Bonaventure 51

Buena Park 63, Camarillo 59

Burbank d. Mary Star of the Sea (forfeit)

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Burbank Burroughs 61, Highland 43

Calipatria 41, Desert Chapel 24

Cantwell-Sacred Heart 67, Sage Creek 30

Cardinal Newman 54, JSerra 53

Chula Vista Mater Dei 51, Cerritos 43

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Chaminade 49, Vanden 39

Chaparral 54, Pasadena Poly 45

Chula Vista Mater Dei 51, Cerritos 43

Clovis North 54, Dana Hills 50

Coachella Valley 44, La Quinta 39

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Compton Centennial d. Firebaugh (forfeit)

Corona 58, O’Farrell Charter 20

Corona Centennial 91, Hesperia 24

Corona del Mar 57, Escondido Charter 48

Corona Santiago 84, Artesia 15

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Colton 56, Indian Springs 21

Cosumnes Oaks 54, El Toro 45

Crean Lutheran 58, Marina 29

Crescenta Valley 55, La Canada 46

Culver City 49, Central Catholic (OR) 36

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Cypress 50, Aliso Niguel 35

Downey 36, Redlands East Valley 27

Eastside 54, San Bernardino 12

Elsinore 48, Riverside North 24

Etiwanda 64, San Diego Lincoln 38

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Fairmont Prep 71, Salesian College Prep 62

Flagstaff (Ariz.) 49, La Palma Kennedy 37

Flintridge Prep 60, Eastvale Roosevelt 48

Flintridge Sacred Heart 48, Royal 35

Fountain Valley 50, Orange County Pacifica Christian 34

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Gahr 83, Santa Ana Calvary Chapel 23

Galena (Nev.) 31, Murrieta Mesa 25

Garden Grove 45, Bolsa Grande 34

Glendale 63, Heritage Christian 58

Glendora 59, Bell Gardens 25

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Godinez 48, Millikan 36

Grand Terrace 51, Rowland 39

Grant 50, L.A. University 13

Hanford 46, San Bernardino 24

Harvard-Westlake 54, Oakwood 23

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Hoover 41, Pilibos 37

Imperial 48, Xavier Prep 20

Jurupa Valley 40, Mission Viejo 30

Laguna Beach 56, Banning 17

Laguna Hills 48, Long Beach Cabrillo 32

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LA Hamilton 51, Mira Costa 38

Lakewood 62, El Dorado 59

Lakewood St. Joseph 68, Lincoln (Wash.) 42

La Mirada 57, Inglewood 39

La Palma Kennedy 57, Winslow (Ariz.) 43

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La Salle 50, Summit 25

La Serna 34, Northview 30

Leuzinger 66, Fillmore 21

Loma Linda Academy 52, Glendale Adventist 6

Long Beach Jordan 64, Edison 22

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Los Alamitos 81, Desert Christian Academy 35

Los Osos 59, Rio Hondo Prep 34

Marlborough 84, Granada Hills 39

Medfield (Mass.) 62, Garfield 31

Midland Christian (Texas) 44, Garfield 23

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Moreau Catholic 52, Brea Olinda 47

Mountainside (Ore.) 75, Huntington Beach 32

Newbury Park 55, Shalhevet 49

Notre Dame Academy 53, West Ranch 34

Oak Hills 52, Bonita 35

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Oceanside 66, St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy 32

Ontario 52, La Habra 25

Ontario Christian 110, Orange Vista 11

Orange 36, Norco 13

Oxnard 37, Thousand Oaks 36

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Palm Desert 40, Yucca Valley 34

Palm Springs 47, Liberty 21

Paloma Valley 37, San Leandro 30

Paramount 55, Victory Christian Academy 52

Parkway (La.) 62, Brentwood 47

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Patriot 40, Mission Viejo 30

Peninsula 49, Eastlake 19

Pleasant Valley 49, Santa Margarita 44

Portola 41, Virgin Valley (Nev.) 38

Ramona 43, Fontana 37

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Ramona Convent 41, Alhambra 34

Rancho Buena Vista 60, Gardena Serra 36

Rancho Cucamonga 58, Vista Murrieta 35

Riverside Poly 54, Tahquitz 45

Rolling Hills Prep 84, Scripps Ranch 44

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San Clemente 61, King/Drew 40

San Diego Cathedral 46, Sonora 42

San Dieguito Academy 45, Northwood 34

Santa Ana Mater Dei 91, Oakland Tech 25

Santa Fe 57, Upland 41

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Saugus 53, Granada Hills Kennedy 27

Savanna 45, Santa Ana Foothill 29

Segerstrom 57, Edgewood 10

Shadow Hills 49, Mount Si (WA) 46

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 54, Murrieta Valley 47

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Sierra Canyon 81, Yucaipa 25

Sierra Pacific 58, Mark Keppel 45

Simi Valley 60, Nordhoff 46

South Pasadena 70, Academy of Our Lady of Peace 21

St. Margaret’s 57, Campbell Hall 51

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Stevenson 41, Lakeside 21

Sunny Hills 46, Long Beach Wilson 29

Trabuco Hills 44, Holy Martyrs 24

Troy 65, Anderson 49

Tesoro 79, Ocean View 54

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Union (Wash.) 83, St. Mary’s Academy 50

United Christian Academy 54, Tustin 53

Valley View 57, Aquinas 29

Ventura 64, Louisville 49

Verdugo Hills 64, Santa Paula 54

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Village Christian 55, Santa Monica 47

Villa Park 70, Irvine 38

Walnut 43, Whittier Christian 35

Warren 37, Garden Grove Pacifica 19

Westlake 45, Legacy (Nev.) 40

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Westminster La Quinta 28, Irvine University 26

Whitney 80, Everett (Wash.) 41

Whittier 54, Rosemead 46

Whittier California 42, Placentia Valencia 40

Windward 50, Kamehameha Kapalama (Hawaii) 35

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Shohei Ohtani ruled out of MLB All-Star Game as Dodgers plan to manage nagging injury

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The face of baseball will not be at Tuesday’s All-Star Game.

Shohei Ohtani was scratched from his start on Friday as the Los Angeles Dodgers said he will also miss the Midsummer Classic with what the team called left knee irritation.

Ohtani, for obvious reasons, has become an All-Star Game fixture. He has earned the honor in each of the past five seasons and made his first start in 2021.

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Starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers warms up before the MLB game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on June 03, 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

The two-way phenom is on his way to winning his fifth MVP award in his last six seasons as he is hitting .290 with a .939 OPS and pitching to a minuscule 1.79 ERA, the second-lowest in the sport among pitchers with 80-plus innings. His OPS is also the seventh-best mark in the league.

The Dodgers said Ohtani will be the team’s designated hitter up until the break, but he will “have some interventions on his knee to put him in the best position for the second half of the season.”

Ohtani dealt with knee issues earlier in the season.

It is certainly a big hit for the game as the other face of the sport, Aaron Judge, will miss the game due to a fractured rib that has kept him out since late May.

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Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers gets ready in the on deck circle against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on June 01, 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images) (Norm Hall/Getty Images)

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Ohtani hit 99 home runs combined in 2024 and 2025, leading the National League with a 1.025 OPS in that span. Ohtani did not pitch in 2024 after elbow surgery but returned to the bump last year and owned a 2.87 ERA and 11.9 K/9, a figure he also put up in 2022 that led the American League.

The “Japanese Babe Ruth” is the only player in MLB history to have 300-plus plate appearances and 40-plus innings in six separate seasons (Ruth only did it twice and never stole 50 bases), and he has more than excelled at both.

Shohei Ohtani pitches for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on May 13, 2026. (Gary A. Vasquez/Imagn Images)

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Ohtani is not hitting like he has in the past, but certainly the best pitching performance of his career will make up for it. He “only” has 20 homers and 56 RBI this season.

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Mikel Merino lifts Spain over Belgium, setting up World Cup showdown with France

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If Mikel Merino is sleeping, please don’t wake him. If the last week has been a dream, he’d just as soon keep dreaming.

Because on Friday, for the second time in five days, Merino came off the bench for the final five minutes of a World Cup knockout game and scored the winning goal, the latest lifting Spain to a 2-1 victory over Belgium and into next week’s semifinal against France in Arlington, Texas.

“Not even in my wildest dreams could I have imagined what’s happening right now, right?” Merino said in Spanish. “Honestly, it’s crazy.”

How crazy? Merino has played less than 10 minutes in the last two games and has two goals. He’s taken four shots in the World Cup and put two of them in the back of the net, the first in stoppage time to beat Portugal in the Round of 16 and in the 88th minute Friday to beat Belgium in a quarterfinal and extend Spain’s unbeaten to streak to 36 games.

“I don’t really even know what to say. I still can’t quite believe it,” Merino said.

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Yet Spain’s final substitution, which brought on Merino in the 86th minute, wasn’t the only one that figured heavily in the result. Fifteen minutes earlier Belgian coach Rudi Garcia sent backup goalkeeper Senne Lammens on for Thibaut Courtois — not by choice, by necessity.

The dropoff in talent wasn’t great — Lammens started 32 times for Manchester United this season — but the difference in experience was. Courtois was playing in his 21st World Cup game, second-most all-time, and he had been brilliant up to then.

But he tweaked a muscle making a save minutes earlier and dropped to the turf just before the second-half hydration break. After being attended to by the team’s trainers, he tried to continue but couldn’t, eventually hobbling to the sideline and collapsing on the bench in tears.

“We didn’t want his injury to get worse. That’s why I subbed him off,” Garcia said.

“It’s part and parcel of high-level sport. You need to be concentrated, 100% focused, and need to be able to perform. I did not want to put players on the pitch who were not 100%.”

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The margin between Belgium and Spain, after all, is a small one, even if the teams took completely different routes to the quarterfinal.

Spain, which hadn’t gone past the Round of 16 in a World Cup since 2010 when it won its only title, had gone a record six games and 609 minutes without allowing a World Cup goal, dating to the group stage of the last tournament four years ago.

Spain midfielder Mikel Merino scores off a rebound in front of Belgium goalkeeper Senne Lammens during the second half of Spain’s 2-1 quarterfinal win in the World Cup quarterfinals Friday at SoFi Stadium.

(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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You could binge watch two seasons of “Abbott Elementary” in that time.

But if Spain, the reigning European champion, and goalkeeper Unai Simón were the immovable objects, Belgium, playing in the quarterfinals for the third time in four World Cups, was an unstoppable force. With 12 goals in the last three games, it entered the quarterfinals with the third-most goals in the tournament. And no team had taken more shots.

Spain struck first, with Fabián Ruiz giving La Roja a 1-0 lead with his first goal of the tournament in the 30th minute. The sequence started with Pedro Porro sending a cross into the box for Dani Olmo, whose shot was parried away by Courtois. But Ruiz pounced on the rebound and deflected a shot off defender Timothy Castagne and into the back of the net.

In any other game of this tournament, that would have been enough for Simón. But not against Belgium, which ended Spain’s shutout streak in the 41st minute on a brilliant header from Charles De Keterlaere, who shielded Pau Cubarsí with his body and one-hopped a Castagne cross past a flat-footed Simón for his third goal in two games.

“The record and the milestones are there,” Spanish coach Luis de la Fuente said of his goalkeeper’s record streak. “It’s been decades since the last record was set. And perhaps somebody will break the clean-sheet record.

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“But it’s going to be many, many years before that happens.”

Belgium opened the game up a bit when Garcia brought Romelu Lukaku, the country’s all-time leading scorer, on at the hour mark. But Courtois was called to make two saves in the next three minutes and came up lame after the second.

Shorty after he came off, De la Fuente summoned Merino over.

“He didn’t say much to me,” Merino said. “He told me I was coming in as the No. 10. And then, as the game was coming to an end, he told me I was incredible.

“Those are the only two things he said to me.”

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The first shot Lammens faced came moments later, when Cubarsí put a one-hop shot on goal from distance. The keeper dove to his right to stop it with both hands, but the ball skipped just before it reached he and Lammens had trouble with the rebound, pushing it toward the edge of the six-yard box for Merino, who tapped it in.

“Unfortunately, to beat a team of this caliber, you need luck on your side,” Garcia, the Belgian coach, said. And the stars didn’t align for us.”

So while Belgium goes home, Spain goes to Texas for Tuesday’s semifinal with France, the only team in the world ranked ahead of it.

“Ever since the World Cup started, everyone has been waiting for this match,” Spanish wunderkind Lamine Yamal said. “I’ve been really looking forward to it. To me, they’re the two best teams in the World Cup.

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“If anyone can take on France with confidence, it’s us.”

Especially if Merino keeps dreaming.

Sports editor Iliana Limón Romero contributed to this story.

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Oba Femi vs Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam is a ‘generational matchup,’ WWE legend JBL says

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Oba Femi and Brock Lesnar’s feud will come to a head at SummerSlam in August, and the showdown has the potential to be WWE’s match of the year.

Femi beat Lesnar at WrestleMania 42 and led to “The Beast Incarnate” deciding to retire – at least for a moment – at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Lesnar made a dramatic return a few weeks later, challenging and beating Femi at Clash in Italy.

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Oba Femi looks on during Monday Night RAW at Allstate Arena on July 6, 2026, in Chicago, Illinois. (Melina Pizano/WWE via Getty Images)

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At SummerSlam, Femi and Lesnar will do battle inside a Hell in a Cell.

WWE Hall of Famer John Bradshaw Layfield called the next meeting between Femi and Lesnar a “generational matchup.”

“I’ve never seen anything like Oba – well, I have. I’ve seen Brock,” he told Fox News Digital. “It’s very much the carbon copy of Brock coming in. Brock coming in was like, oh my God, who is this guy? The guy can even talk, and he’s gonna be one of the biggest stars in wrestling. Not only could he talk, he’s a really smart guy. Brock became one of the biggest draws in professional wrestling. He came one of the biggest draws in UFC. It’s an unbelievable story, and now you got somebody who can rival that character.

Brock Lesnar in action against Oba Femi during “Monday Night Raw” at TD Garden on March 23, 2026, in Boston, Massachusetts. (Michael Owens/WWE via Getty Images)

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“This Oba Femi comes out with the silly little walk he does. Everyone kinda does it, it’s like The Bushwackers. But the whole arena does it. I was in Vegas and I didn’t want to go to the matches and deal with the traffic and deal with the backstage area, and so I kinda just watched it in a sports bar. I stood in the back where nobody could recognize me, and as soon as Oba came out, the entire sports bar was sitting there doing that Oba Femi dance. The guy is just unbelievably over.

“I really think that somewhere in the NFL this year, you’re going to see an entire NFL arena doing this dance. You’re gonna have somebody like Saquon Barkley or ‘King’ (Derrick Henry) or some of these guys do this dance, and it’s infectious. Once one of them does, one of these great running backs or wide receivers, or somebody scores a touchdown, that’s when I think you’re gonna see entire arenas doing it. I just think Oba Femi is lightning in a bottle and Brock has always been that way. This is, to me, a generational matchup.”

Brock Lesnar and Oba Femi face off during WrestleMania 42: Night 2 at Allegiant Stadium on April 19, 2026, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Georgiana Dallas/WWE via Getty Images)

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