Ohtani stays hot, Freeman hits 2-run homer and the Dodgers beat the D-backs 6-5

PHOENIX (AP) — Shohei Ohtani had a double, triple and two RBIs to stay hot at the plate, Freddie Freeman smacked a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers held on late to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 on Tuesday night.

Ohtani — a four-time MVP — is 12 for 26 (.462) over his last six games, including two doubles, a triple and two homers.

Los Angeles has won 15 of its last 19 games.

The Dodgers jumped ahead 2-0 in the first when Freeman launched his ninth homer of the season into the right-field seats, scoring Ohtani, who led off the game with a double down the right-field line. It was part of Freeman's three-hit night.

Ohtani was part of another offensive surge in the second, delivering a two-run triple to right that made it 4-0.

Andy Pages added a sacrifice fly and Mookie Betts had an RBI single in the seventh to push L.A.’s advantage to 6-2.

In the seventh, Nolan Arenado's two-run double cut the deficit to 6-4 and Pavin Smith walked with the bases loaded to make it 6-5. Will Klein coaxed a groundout from rookie Tommy Troy to end the threat.

Tanner Scott handled the ninth, working around a one-out single from Ildemaro Vargas, to earn his sixth save in seven chances.

D-backs right-hander Mike Soroka settled down after a rough start, giving up four runs on six hits and a walk over six innings. He struck out six.

Los Angeles lefty Eric Lauer gave up two runs on five hits and a walk in his second start with the Dodgers after being acquired in a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays on May 17. He lasted 4 2/3 innings.

Arizona’s Corbin Carroll hit a solo homer in the third that bounced off the top of the left-field wall and into the bullpen.

The Diamondbacks send RHP Zac Gallen (3-4, 5.16 ERA) to the mound on Wednesday night while the Dodgers counter with RHP Shohei Ohtani (5-2, 0.82).

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Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani hits a double against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Michael Soroka throws against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder Ryan Ward makes the sliding catch for an out on a ball hit by Arizona Diamondbacks' Nolan Arenado in the fifth inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte reacts after hitting a sacrifice RBI fly out against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fifth inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani reacts after scoring on a single hit by Mookie Betts against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the seventh inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

NEW YORK (AP) — Mole people? Crocodile catchers? Mario brothers? A series of bizarre sightings of people popping in and out of New York City’s vast subterranean sewer system has the city wondering what exactly is going on, with police now probing the underground mystery.

Security cameras have recorded at least three nighttime instances where groups of people entered or exited sewer tunnels via maintenance holes on streets in Brooklyn and Queens.

In one video, taken early Friday morning in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, a group of roughly seven people were recorded popping out of a maintenance hole in the middle of an intersection, in full view of passing cars.

Some wore headlamps and carried what appeared to be shovels and other tools. One narrowly missed getting run over by a vehicle as they pulled themselves out of the ground.

In another video, a group of about seven people could be seen emerging from a maintenance hole around 2 a.m. on a quiet street in Brooklyn's Gravesend neighborhood. They made their way to a couple of parked cars and pulled out fresh clothes to change into. Police say the group entered the sewers about 11 p.m., meaning they could have been underground for three hours.

On May 5, three people dressed in waterproof hip waders and other protective gear pried open a maintenance hole cover and descended into the sewer on a street in Queens. The last person pulled the cover shut as approaching cars slowed to a stop.

Aki Jakupovic, the owner of an auto detailing shop, said his shop’s surveillance cameras recorded that group of sewer spelunkers. He said he couldn’t venture a guess as to what the people did below ground but worried they were “up to no good.”

The city Department of Environmental Protection said it inspected the sewers at both Brooklyn locations and verified the sewer infrastructure wasn’t damaged. The incident in Queens is still under investigation, the agency said.

Rob Wolejsza, the department’s spokesperson, stressed that entering the sewers is not only illegal but “extremely dangerous.”

“Sewers can contain numerous hazards, including noxious and potentially deadly gases, unstable surfaces, flooding risks, and confined spaces,” Wolejsza said in a statement. “For these reasons, members of the public should never enter a pipe, drain, catch basin, manhole, or outfall.”

Last month, a woman fell into an open maintenance hole on a busy street in midtown Manhattan and died. Utility officials said the hole cover had been dislodged by a truck.

Police, meanwhile, said they don’t believe there’s any threat to public safety after conducting a thorough sweep of the areas. There have been no reports of injuries and no arrests, and the investigation is ongoing, the department said.

On Tuesday, at the busy intersection in Williamsburg where the second group was spotted, resident Anthony Purdie said he isn’t convinced it was simple curiosity that drew the group to explore the sewers in the cover of night.

“They look like they were looking for something important, like money, or for doing some type of hurting,” he said. “Ain’t no fun and games. I mean, seven grown adults going down there? Got to be something, man.”

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In this image from a surveillance video provided by AKI AUTO CARE, three people descend into a sewer on a street in New York, on May 5, 2026. (AKI AUTO CARE via AP)

In this image from a surveillance video provided by AKI AUTO CARE, one of three people descends into a sewer on a street in New York, on May 5, 2026. (AKI AUTO CARE via AP)