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- Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani missed Thursday's game against the Seattle Mariners because of left-knee soreness.
- Manager Dave Roberts said the rest is precautionary to protect the knee.
- Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said Ohtani will pitch again, although doctors expect the knee not to heal until the offseason.
- Ohtani is batting .289/.394/.537 with 23 homers, a 1.79 ERA and remains a second NL MVP candidate.
