Ohtani dominates – Shohei Ohtani delivered yet another two-way statement, overpowering Arizona on the mound while contributing to a massive Dodgers onslaught that ended in a 16-hit rout.
When Shohei Ohtani starts looking locked in, the rest of the game tends to feel inevitable. On Tuesday, the Dodgers gave him that kind of night.
Ohtani (6-2) allowed two hits and struck out six, lowering his major league-best ERA to 0.74. He didn’t just win a start—he continued a stretch that’s barely been touched by earned runs. allowing one earned run in 24 innings during a four-game winning streak. At the plate, he went even further: three singles, reaching base five times, and scoring a run.
Los Angeles wasted little time making sure Arizona felt the pressure. Tucker homered off Zac Gallen in the second inning. In the third, Freddie Freeman added a two-run single. Max Muncy followed with a run-scoring single. and the Dodgers turned the game into a rout with another two-run burst in the seventh as Alex Freeman’s two-run single pushed the score to 7-0.
The Dodgers finished with 16 hits and won for the 16th time in 19 games. Arizona, meanwhile, managed just two hits in its fifth loss in six games since the Diamondbacks won five straight.
Even with the brilliance, the night carried a sharper edge. Ohtani was frustrated with his command against Colorado in his last start despite getting the win. and on Tuesday he had a few moments against Arizona that didn’t look clean either. After dropping a few expletives that were picked up by the on-field mic. he faced another test of control. including moments where the ball flew off his intentions.
In warmups, his first warmup pitch sailed into a group of photographers at the backstop—he apologized. During the early innings, he also almost hit three different batters in the first three innings. Still, once he got it around the plate, Arizona couldn’t find the answers. He didn’t allow a hit until Gabriel Moreno’s double over first base with two outs in the fourth. and after Geraldo Perdomo’s single in the sixth. Ohtani induced an inning-ending double play.
Ohtani threw 89 pitches and was lifted after Los Angeles’ long top half of the seventh inning. Gallen’s night ended with five runs allowed—four earned—on nine hits in five innings.
The game closes out with another matchup built for a continuation of that momentum. Dodgers LHP Justin Wrobleski (7-2, 2.87 ERA) faces Diamondbacks RHP Ryne Nelson (2-4, 4.82) in Thursday’s series finale.
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0.74 ERA is insane like how is he even real
I saw the headline and figured Ohtani just carried the whole thing. Like Dodgers probably would’ve won anyway but him being “dominant” always makes it feel rigged lol. Also 16 hits?? that’s basketball levels
So he got mad on the mound and threw 89 pitches and got pulled after the 7th? Sounds like they were trying to protect him but also he hit the photographers in warmups?? idk how that even happens and they still let him pitch. But anyway Diamondbacks “only two hits” is wild
0 earned runs in 24 innings… or was that Colorado? I swear I read somewhere that he was perfect the last start. Then the article says he had trouble with command vs Colorado and almost hit batters vs Arizona so which one is it. Dodgers scored early and then it turned into a rout so yeah I guess