The Orioles ran out of magic today.

They were no-hit for 3 2/3 innings. Another player left with an injury. There’s only so much adversity that a team can scale in one weekend.

Tomoyuki Sugano limped off the mound in the top of the fourth inning after Hyesong Kim’s 96 mph one-hopper struck his right foot, and the Orioles followed one of the most thrilling wins in franchise history with a 5-2 loss to the Dodgers before an announced crowd of 27,874 at Camden Yards.

Shohei Ohtani hit solo home runs in the first and third innings, giving him 24 career multis and 12 this season to tie the club record set by Mookie Betts in 2023. Ohtani and Betts went back-to-back in the third, and the Orioles (66-77) lost for the first time in their last six games.

They tried to rally, scoring twice in the sixth and forcing the Dodgers to remove future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw and trust a bullpen that’s imploded over the weekend. They widened the margin for mayhem against Rico Garcia in the top of the ninth on Betts’ RBI single off the left field wall, and left-hander Jack Dreyer recorded the save. 

Miguel Rojas led off the third with a single and stolen base, and Sugano turned his body toward first base and stuck out his foot to keep Kim’s ball in the infield. He dropped to one knee, slowly got up and limped to the dugout, needing assistance to hop down the steps.

X-rays were negative.

"We’ll see how he kind of bounces back with the foot and kind of see how he feels here the next couple days, and that’ll help us determine what the plan is going forward," said interim manager Tony Mansolino.

A fourth run was charged to Sugano when catcher Alex Jackson attempted a pickoff at third base and fired the ball into left field. Sugano allowed seven hits and threw 67 pitches, and the three home runs – two on his sinker and one on his four-seam fastball - tied his career high in the majors.

Ohtani reached base five times, including three walks. He's the only player in Dodgers history with multiple 45-plus home run seasons.

"He's a phenomenal player," Jackson said. "I mean, it's no secret. Everyone knows that you know. You just have to be wary of making your pitches and make sure you're making pitches because if you miss your spot, he'll make you pay. So the biggest thing is just trying to get ahead of him, make your pitches and give him some weak contact rather than hard contact."

Sugano was making his 27^th start, proving to be one of the more durable players on a team that’s put 28 different players on the injured list.

Dean Kremer exited Friday night’s game with right forearm soreness, but he played catch earlier today and should be fine after skipping a start. Catcher Samuel Basallo came out of last night’s game after a bunted ball struck his right hand, but he said today that he felt “much better” and is expected to be in Tuesday’s lineup against the Pirates.

Another starter is needed to replace Kremer for one game, and now Sugano is questionable for his next turn over the weekend in Toronto.  

"Obviously, any time you get hit by a line drive, it doesn’t feel good, it hurts," Jackson said. "And to get hit kind of on the toe, a pretty sensitive area. So kind of the hope is just making sure that he’s OK. Obviously, he tried to get back out there, but he wasn’t feeling good, so we’ll see what kind of happens with that. But he’s a tough guy and a competitor, so I hope he’ll be good to go.

"This late in the year, the bodies are beat up. Foul tips happen, getting hit by line drives happen, it’s part of the game. But we have to keep going. We’re in there taking care of ourselves, keeping ourselves going and getting back out on the field and making sure we’re available. It’s never a fun thing, obviously, when you get injured. But you’re always just one step away from getting back out there on the field."

Left-hander Grant Wolfram tossed two scoreless innings after replacing Sugano. Yennier Cano retired the side in order in the eighth and hasn’t allowed a run in his last six appearances.

“The last three days, one starter goes 3 1/3, another one goes three and then another one went 5 1/3," Mansolino said. "So the bullpen just covered quite a few more innings than the starters here over a three-game stretch. And that happens over the course of the year. That’s not super unusual, it’ll happen. But those guys handled it really good. We won two of three. We had a shot late to get back in that thing and possibly tie it up or sweep the Dodgers, so for the bullpen to cover that many innings and give us a shot there at the end today, I think you’ve got to be proud of them.”

Kershaw retired 11 of the first 12 batters in his first career start against the Orioles, issuing a two-out walk to Dylan Carlson in the second. Emmanuel Rivera, who delivered the two-run, walk-off single last night to cap a furious rally, dumped a single into right field with two outs in the fourth. Kershaw struck out the other three batters in the inning.

Carlson led off the fifth with a single and Kershaw struck out two more batters. Gunnar Henderson singled with two outs in the sixth and scored on Rivera’s double to left-center field, reducing the lead to 4-1.

Rivera scored on Jackson’s double off Edgardo Henriquez to leave Kershaw with two runs allowed, four hits, one walk and eight strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.

“He can still do it, apparently," Mansolino said. "They said that what was registering on the scoreboard as a slider was more like a cutter and the hitters were saying the ball was spinning like a four-seam and they just couldn’t see it. They were having a hard time kind of picking it up and the bite on it was late, so watching, there were some 3-1 counts there, he threw the cutter, essentially, and we kind of swung uncharacteristically at it a couple times. Just kind of talking with the hitters, the spin was tough on it. They were having a hard time picking it up.”

The Orioles had runners on the corners with one out in the seventh and Justin Wrobleski struck out Jeremiah Jackson and Ryan Mountcastle. Wrobleski struck out the side in the eighth.

The Dodgers kept rolling out left-handers with Basallo, Colton Cowser, Jackson Holliday and Dylan Beavers on the bench.

"That’s the story here over the last few years," Mansolino said. "Right now, we’re missing huge right-handed hitters. You’re missing T.O. (Tyler O'Neill), would have been in there today, Adley (Rutschman) would have been in there today, (Jordan) Westburg would have been in there today, and Gary (Sánchez). You know the strategy over the years has been that against us and those lefties that are throwing are really tough on left-handed hitters, so if you got those four righties in the lineup, it’s probably a little bit of a different day for us, but that’s kind of been the story all year in a lot of ways is the missing players. But nonetheless, we have hung in here for a few months and played well regardless." 

Henderson committed his first error in 74 games on an errant throw while attempting to turn a double play in the seventh. His last error was June 8.

* O’Neill served as designated hitter today at Double-A Chesapeake and went 1-for-3 on his injury rehab assignment. Creed Willems hit his 16^th home run.

Chayce McDermott returned to Triple-A Norfolk after spending yesterday on the Orioles’ medical taxi squad and allowed a run in the seventh inning after walking three batters. Jordyn Adams, Livan Soto and TT Bowens homered in the eighth.

High-A Aberdeen’s Chase Allsup allowed one run and one hit in five innings.