Jacob Misiorowski keeps Dodgers' bats in check as Brewers pick up 4-1 win

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jacob Misiorowski gave up five hits and one run in six innings, Joey Ortiz and William Contreras hit two-run homers, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1 on Saturday night in a battle of division leaders.

Misiorowski (12-5) struck out five and gave up one walk. The right-hander topped 102 mph on each of his first six pitches to leadoff batter Shohei Ohtani to get the two-way star to pop out. He also fanned Ohtani and Freddie Freeman to get out of a bases-loaded jam in the fifth inning.

Justin Wrobleski (11-5) gave up four runs on four hits and one walk in six innings for the Dodgers.

Ortiz put the Brewers ahead with a 373-foot homer to left in the second to capitalize after Contreras extended the inning with a two-out single. It was the third straight game with an RBI for Ortiz, who is 5 for 13 during a four-game hitting streak.

Ohtani cut the Dodgers’ deficit to 2-1 in the third with a two-out triple over the head of first baseman Gary Sánchez into the right field corner that drove in Alex Call.

Contreras made it 4-1 in the fourth by jumping on a cutter for his 12th shot of the season. He had been hitless in his first 15 at-bats during the opening five games of the Southern California road trip prior to the 2 for 4 outing.

Aaron Ashby got his first save of the season by striking out Call after allowing two runners.

Sánchez was replaced by a pinch runner after being hit by a pitch in the sixth inning.

The Brewers start RHP Logan Henderson (6-2, 2.88 ERA) against Dodgers LHP Tarik Skubal (7-6, 2.93) to wrap up the four-game series on Sunday. The Brewers have won two of the first three.

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Milwaukee Brewers' Joey Ortiz is congratulated by teammates in the dugout after hitting a two-run home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Milwaukee Brewers' Joey Ortiz, right, is congratulated by Jonathan Ornelas after hitting a two-run home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Milwaukee Brewers' William Contreras, left, heads to first for a two-run home run as Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Justin Wrobleski, center, and catcher Hunter Feduccia watch during the fourth inning of a baseball game Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Jacob Misiorowski throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Police arrested a 19-year-old found hiding in a dormitory closet at Virginia State University on Saturday in connection with an overnight shooting on campus that left five people wounded, including one with critical injuries.

Camron Harris of Henrico, Virginia, is not a student on campus nor were four of the people injured, Chesterfield County Police said in a statement. They ranged in age from 17 to 23. One of the injured, a 20 year old, is a student and has now been released from the hospital, authorities said. The victims' names have not been released.

Authorities have given no information about a possible motive. Police obtained eight felony warrants for Harris, including for malicious wounding and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. It wasn't immediately clear if he had an attorney who could speak on his behalf. Efforts to reach Harris' family by phone were unsuccessful.

The university said in an earlier statement that authorities were searching for multiple suspects, but police provided no additional information Saturday evening about the search. University officials said earlier in the day that law enforcement did not believe there was an immediate threat to the campus community, and a campus lockdown had been lifted.

The shooting, just after 1:30 a.m. Saturday, prompted a campus lockdown and came as students were getting ready for the new school year.

It happened near the university's Quad Annexes, where campus police and Chesterfield County officers discovered five people suffering from gunshot wounds outside campus dormitories.

According to the university’s website, residence halls opened for students a week ago, and classes resume on Monday. Many students had just completed the university’s “New Trojans Experience” for incoming students.

“We recognize the concern this incident has caused among our students, parents, alumni, friends, and the broader VSU community,” the university statement said. “The safety and well-being of our students remain our highest priority.”

The campus had a large law enforcement presence on Saturday morning, and the university informed students that they should monitor their email for additional safety measures and information about support services. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Hanover County Sheriff's Office were assisting, county police said.

Virginia State University is a historically Black university located in Ettrick, Virginia, about 24 miles (39 kilometers) south of the state capital of Richmond. The public university has about 5,700 students and was the first fully state-supported four-year college for Black Americans. Most of its students are undergraduates.

The university has grown in recent years while attempting to improve safety and retain its historic charm, said Arthur Fridrich, the university's former director of distance education, who lives near the campus and visits regularly. A shooting like this just as students return for classes is heartbreaking for the community, he said.

“To start a new year with this event is very tragic. It casts a shadow in the minds of all students, and for some it will be difficult to rid their minds of this term,” Fridrich said. “For those that were shot, my heart bleeds. I hope that they all mend and somehow do not let this event define their lives.”

Whittle reported from Portland, Maine.

Police investigate the scene of a shooting on the campus of Virginia State University on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026 in Petersburg, Va. (WWBT via AP)