LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani tossed four-hit ball over seven shutout innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers backed the four-time MVP with his most run support of the season in a 4-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night.
The Dodgers snapped their season-high skid at four games on a night when Ohtani only pitched and wasn't in the lineup as the designated hitter for the fourth time this season. The two-way superstar also won't be in the lineup Thursday to give him two days' rest from hitting.
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Los Angeles Dodgers' Mookie Betts hits a solo home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Santiago Espinal, right,heads to second after hitting a solo home run as San Francisco Giants first baseman Rafael Devers watches during the third inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Mookie Betts, right, hits a solo home run as San Francisco Giants pitcher Robbie Ray, left, and catcher Jesus Rodriguez watch during the third inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani, center, reacts after striking out San Francisco Giants' Rafael Devers, left, as catcher Will Smith gets ready to throw the ball back during the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Ohtani (3-2) struck out eight and walked two in his second consecutive seven-inning start — his first as a Dodger and first since May 2023 with the Los Angeles Angels. He lowered his ERA to 0.82 pitching with a picture of his beloved dog Decoy on the tongue of his right cleat.
The Dodgers have scored more than four runs in Ohtani's seven starts just once and the team is 3-4 in his starts overall. They had six hits or less in five of their previous seven games.
Leading 4-0, Ohtani gave up back-to-back singles to Willy Adames and Matt Chapman with one out in the seventh. Drew Gilbert flied into a double play to center. Adames was all the way around third base by the time he knew he was in trouble and got doubled off second to end the inning.
Santiago Espinal and Mookie Betts homered back-to-back in the third, giving the Dodgers a 2-0 lead. Espinal went deep for the first time as a Dodger and Betts' first since coming off the injured list earlier in the week.
The Dodgers extended their lead to 4-0 on Teoscar Hernández's RBI single and Alex Call's sacrifice fly in the fourth.
The Giants' three-game winning streak ended. Robbie Ray (3-5) gave up four runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings, struck out two and walked two.
Giants RHP Landen Roupp (5-3, 3.09 ERA) was scheduled to start Thursday against RHP Emmet Sheehan (2-1, 4.79) in the series finale.
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Los Angeles Dodgers' Mookie Betts hits a solo home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Santiago Espinal, right,heads to second after hitting a solo home run as San Francisco Giants first baseman Rafael Devers watches during the third inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Mookie Betts, right, hits a solo home run as San Francisco Giants pitcher Robbie Ray, left, and catcher Jesus Rodriguez watch during the third inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani, center, reacts after striking out San Francisco Giants' Rafael Devers, left, as catcher Will Smith gets ready to throw the ball back during the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
NEW DELHI (AP) — Foreign ministers from the BRICS nations began a two-day meeting in New Delhi on Thursday as the expanding bloc faces divisions over the war in Iran, rising energy prices and growing global economic uncertainty.
The meeting brings together diplomats from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa along with newer member countries. It comes as the war in Iran has disrupted global energy supplies and driven up oil prices and coincides with U.S. President Donald Trump's meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Russia’s top diplomat Sergey Lavrov are attending. China is represented by Ambassador Xu Feihong while Foreign Minister Wang Yi remains in the Chinese capital during Trump’s visit.
India Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said the talks would focus on global and regional challenges and ways to deepen cooperation among member nations.
In opening remarks, Jaishankar said BRICS could help developing countries more effectively respond to the health and financing challenges they face as well as high prices for energy, food and fertilizer.
“We meet at a time of considerable flux in international relations,” he said, adding that emerging and developing countries increasingly expect BRICS to play a “constructive and stabilizing role.”
At the meeting, Araghchi urged BRICS nations to condemn the U.S. and Israel over what he called their “unlawful aggression” against Tehran. He called on the bloc members and other countries to “take practical steps to stop warmongering” and end what he described as impunity for violations of the U.N. Charter.
Araghchi also urged the bloc members to stop what he called the politicization of international institutions. He said Iran appreciated the support shown by BRICS countries but called for stronger action.
“It is necessary for all of us to intensify our efforts to end this sense of superiority and impunity on the part of the United States — a notion that has no place in today’s world,” he said.
Founded by Brazil, Russia, India and China, BRICS was formed as a grouping of major emerging economies seen as a counterbalance to Western-led institutions such as the G7. South Africa joined in 2010 and the bloc expanded further in 2024 with the addition of Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. Indonesia became a full member in 2025.
The group has sought to expand its influence by pushing for a bigger role in a global order long dominated by the United States and its Western allies. It has gained support across parts of the Global South, where many countries have criticized Western-led financial institutions.
But BRICS nations remain divided on key issues.
India and China continue to compete for regional influence, while member countries often differ in their ties with the West. Russia’s war in Ukraine has further exposed those differences.
The bloc’s expansion also has added strains. Competing regional interests have increased the difficulty of presenting a unified position.
Divisions have sharpened further during the growing conflict in the Middle East. Iran and the UAE are BRICS members despite pursuing competing interests in the region.
Iran’s deputy foreign minister said Wednesday that disagreements within BRICS over the conflict had prevented the bloc from reaching a unified position.
Kazem Gharibabadi told news agency Press Trust of India that “one member country” had pushed for language condemning Iran, complicating efforts to build consensus within the grouping.
“We want India’s BRICS chairship to be successful. It is not a good approach to send a signal to the world that the BRICS is divided. One country is insisting on condemning Iran,” Gharibabadi said.
Associated Press journalist Amir Vahdat in Tehran, Iran contributed to this report.
India's Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar, right, speaks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi as he arrives for a two-day BRICS nations meeting in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Foreign ministers and representatives of the BRICS nations, from right, UAE's Foreign Minister of State Khalifa bin Shaheen Al Marar, Ethiopia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Gedion Timothewos, Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, India's Foreign Minister S.Jaishankar, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, South Africa's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ronald Lamola, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Indonesia's Foreign Minister Sugiono and Chinese Ambassador to India Xu Feihong pose for a group photo during a two-day meeting in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) CORRECTION: Name and designation corrected to UAE's Foreign Minister of State Khalifa bin Shaheen Al Marar, instead of UAE's Minister of State for International Cooperation Reem Al Hashimy.
Foreign ministers and representatives of the BRICS nations, from right, UAE's Minister of State for International Cooperation Reem Al Hashimy, Ethiopia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Gedion Timothewos, Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, India's Foreign Minister S.Jaishankar, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, South Africa's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ronald Lamola, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Indonesia's Foreign Minister Sugiono and Chinese Ambassador to India Xu Feihong pose for a group photo during a two-day meeting in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
India's Foreign Minister S.Jaishankar, right, speaks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi as he arrives for a two-day BRICS nations meeting in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
India's Foreign Minister S.Jaishankar, right, shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi as he arrives for a two-day BRICS nations meeting in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrives for a two-day BRICS nations Foreign Ministers meeting in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
India's Foreign Minister S.Jaishankar, right, shakes hands with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as he arrives for a two-day BRICS nations meeting in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
