This article was originally published on www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball as Los Angeles Dodgers Manager Makes Important Revelation Regarding Shohei Ohtani. The Los Angeles Dodgers shut out the Tampa Bay Rays 5-0 on Friday night at Steinbrenner Field. With the win, they are 64-46 while the Rays dropped to 54-57 with the loss.

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani is hopeful that he will be able to make his next mound start after his outing Wednesday night was cut short by cramping in his right hip. Ohtani was scheduled to go four innings on a hot,

"Dodgers say Shohei Ohtani exited his pitching outing with cramps," Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reported. This was just Ohtani's seventh appearance as a pitcher with the Dodgers after working his way back from surgery.