Mondays are rough, so let's watch Shohei Ohtani hurl heaters. Here's how to tune in tonight

After a dispiriting slump that funneled into the All-Star break, the Los Angeles Dodgers are now fully sliding toward trouble.

MLBs defending champions just took a three-game sweep at home against the Milwaukee Brewers, and dropped the series by a combined four runs.

Now 2-10 across its last dozen games, L.A.

is in need of a quick vibe reversal.

What better way to honor the baseball deities than by giving its audience another Shohei Ohtani two-for? The do-it-all Dodger takes the bump and stands in the batters box for tonights series reset with the Minnesota Twins.

Heres what you need to know for national and regional viewing.

How to watch Minnesota Twins at Los Angeles Dodgers Even if his team is a bit off right now, Ohtani seems to be getting better with each go-around.

His 2025 pitching debut was back on June 16 versus rival San Diego; in an inning of work against the Padres, he allowed one run off two hits and a wild pitch.

The second opener was a sharper and scoreless one, albeit against a lesser Washington Nationals offense.

His subsequent three efforts have all gone for 2+ innings, and hes stretched out three starts into seven shutout frames (just three hits, and an impressive K:BB mark of 8:2).

May we never lose our collective sense of wonder, and lets never stop geeking out about Ohtanis superpowers.

As a batsman, the National Leagues reigning MVP is 100 percentile in hard hits.

On the mound, hes 94 percentile in fastball velocity.

That is all kinds of loopy.

Ohtani is matched by fellow right-hander David Festa (3-3, 5.25 ERA).

The 25-year-old Twin and former Top 100 Prospect has seen some respectable returns on his off-speed stuff, but opposing hitters have dialed in on his fastball, and the barrel rate has gone up in his sophomore season.

Festas at an unsightly 6.63 ERA in four road starts thus far.

Despite top-line troubles around the lineup Mookie Betts is mired in one of the worst underperformances of his decorated career Mondays draw looks like a potential get-right tee off for the starry hosts.

The Dodgers avoided further stress when Freddie Freemans left wrist X-rays came back negative on Sunday.

The Twins are just 20-31 away from the North Star State, and have gone 17-25 since May, their lone strong month of 2025.

Advertisement Minnesota did snap a three-game losing streak on Sunday, beating the hapless Colorado Rockies in the mountain altitude with six extra-base hits.

Royce Lewis notched his first multi-homer game as a big leaguer, though it should be said that the Dodgers are most certainly not the Rockies.

He and his Twins teammates will get a full look at those disparities in Chavez Ravine.

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