Michael Harris II swats 18th home run in win

Ohtani had gone 67 straight games without a steal before collecting his seventh of the year tonight. It’s unlikely that he’ll do much all that much running the rest of the way, but it’s nice to know it’s there when he needs it.

Jac Caglianone singled and homered to drive in all three runs. Skubal finished up with six strikeouts, four of which came on his fastball. He averaged 97.4 mph with that offering, his third highest mark of the season. He also came in at 97.3 mph last time out, so it looks like his stuff might be peaking at a good time for the Dodgers. He’ll likely face the Brewers on Sunday.

It’s been a struggle for Díaz since he came off the IL, but his lone difficulty tonight against the bottom third of the Royals lineup was his shoelace coming untied with two outs. He threw only 12 pitches, so he should be available to close again Tuesday.

Cameron generated 13 whiffs tonight but finished with only two strikeouts. His cutter was particularly ineffective; he threw it 22 times and gave up three hits while generating zero whiffs and only two called strikes. While others have had success lately in ramping up their fastball usage against the Dodgers, Cameron, who has experienced a velocity boost over the last month, threw four-seamers and sinkers only 21 times in the 101-pitch outing. Notably, he gave up zero hits on those pitches. Things will probably go better next time out against the Angels.

Both hits came off Tarik Skubal, who Caglianone had never faced previously. The 23-year-old is now 15-for-36 with four homers and 12 RBI in nine games this month, raising his OPS from .760 to .806.

Loftin was on base all three times up against Tarik Skubal. He’s hitting a solid .249/.336/.400, giving him the third highest OPS among the 12 players with 100 plate appearances for the Royals this season.

The Rangers took the lead on a Brandon Nimmo RBI single in the 10th inning. With the bases loaded later in the frame, Burger smashed a two-run single to put the Rangers up 4-1. These were the first RBI he’s had in August. He’s hitting .237 with a .713 OPS and 68 RBI.

Trout’s home run was his 20th of the season. He hit a solo shot off MacKenzie Gore in the first inning. Trout has two home runs in his last four games. Maybe he’ll continue to pop home runs down the stretch of the season, but with his average at .237 with 42 RBI and eight steals, it’s fair to question Trout’s fantasy profile at this point in his career.

Consider him questionable. Manager Torey Lovullo indicated that Perdomo could have continued on Monday had the game been closer.

Detmers gave up three hits, walked four and struck out six. The only run he allowed came on a two-out, two-strike RBI single by Elias Diaz in the fourth inning. Detmers has a 4.00 ERA. He’s lined up to face the Royals at home on Saturday.