Dodgers ace Shohei Ohtani has overtaken Cristopher Sanchez as the favorite to win the NL Cy Young this year, according to two insiders.

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers continue to look every bit like a club finding its stride.

The Phillies mustered five total hits on Sunday, as Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto carved up their offense, while Andrew Painter turned in the shortest start of his major league career.

The Los Angeles Dodgers (37-20) come in with six straight victories and 13 wins in their last 15 games as they look to lock up a series victory over the Philadelphia Phillies (29-28) at Dodger Stadium on Saturday night.

Scott blows his first save of the season, giving up three runs in the eighth inning after the Dodgers led 3-1. Edmundo Sosa’s two-out, two-strike homer wastes Roki Sasaki’s 5⅓-inning, seven-strikeout start in a 4-3 loss.

LOS ANGELES — All season, the Phillies’ kryptonite has been the same. It has spanned two months and two different managers. And it was exposed again in their 4-2 loss to the Dodgers on Friday, when Justin Wrobleski became the latest left-handed starter to confound the Phillies offense.

After splitting the first two games of the series, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies faced off for the rubber match on Sunday afternoon.

The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Nashville for the Cracker Barrel 400 on Sunday night, as Chase Elliott tries to bounce back after wrecking in the Coca-Cola 600 last week. Elliott won this race in 2022 before finishing fourth in 2023, but he has missed the top 10 the last two years. He is +1000 in the Cracker Barrel 400 odds at bet365.