Shohei Ohtani authored another rare line Wednesday night—six scoreless innings, two hits allowed, and a 7-0 Dodgers shutout over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field—pushing Los Angeles to back-to-back wins after Monday’s opener loss and putting it one game
Wednesday night at Chase Field didn’t just look like another start from Shohei Ohtani—it looked like him sliding deeper into a level baseball rarely sees.
The Los Angeles Dodgers watched their 31-year-old phenom deliver a 7-0 shutout win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, their follow-up after Monday’s opening loss. With the victory, Los Angeles made it back-to-back wins and took another step toward taking the four-game series outright on Thursday.
Ohtani carried it from the mound with six scoreless frames. He allowed just two hits and one walk while striking out six. When his pitching shift ended, the pressure didn’t—because he kept it on at the plate.
His outing pushed him to 6-2 through 10 starts with a 0.74 ERA. He has recorded 67 strikeouts and posted a 0.79 WHIP across 61 innings in the 2026 season.
That statistical run is why the start drew immediate attention beyond the box score. On June 4, 2026, BR Betting’s Blake Harris shared the historical context on X, formerly Twitter, after the dominant start. The post listed the lowest ERA through the first 10 starts of a season in the Live-Ball Era—Jacob deGrom (2021) at 0.56. Juan Marichal (1966) at 0.59. and Ohtani (2026) at 0.74. Harris also noted that Ohtani has a .936 OPS this season.
Deeper numbers help explain the mismatch between “pitching-only” comparisons and what Ohtani keeps doing as both a starter and a hitter. The June run also puts him alongside a different kind of conversation: Marichal and deGrom reached the pitching-company at that point through mound excellence. while Ohtani has done it while staying one of the most dangerous hitters—adding 2026 to a résumé that includes unanimous MLB MVP awards in 2021. 2023. 2024. and 2025.
At the plate Wednesday, Ohtani went 3-for-4 with three singles, two walks, and one run scored. He reached base five times, and he did it in a way that kept the D-Backs pinned even after he finished his pitching work.
Through 57 games in 2026, Ohtani’s numbers read .301 with 10 home runs, 33 RBI, 41 runs, and a .936 OPS. That balance—dominance on the mound matched with constant damage at the plate—has continued to drive both Los Angeles’ run through the season and the wider MVP conversation as June starts to shape the next chapter.
For the Dodgers, the win kept coming in the same direction: it continued their strong play against Arizona. For Ohtani, it was another reminder that his impact doesn’t fit neatly into traditional boxes in a pennant-race moment where every stretch matters.
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