When your starting pitcher goes deep into games, good things tend to follow—and the Los Angeles Dodgers are proving that in a big way this season.

Tuesday night in Houston, all eyes will be on Shohei Ohtani as he takes the mound for his first May start. The reigning National League Pitcher of the Month for March/April has been nothing short of dominant, allowing just four runs all season (only two earned). Even more impressive? He's completed six innings in all five of his starts. Oh, and as a hitter in Monday's series opener at Daikin Park, he walked twice, drove in a run, and scored two more. Just another day for the two-way superstar.

But Ohtani isn't the only Dodger starter eating innings. As a unit, Los Angeles starters average 5.83 innings per outing—best in the majors. Through 35 games, they've gone six innings or more 23 times, three more than any other team. That kind of consistency is a game-changer.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto kept the streak alive Monday night with six solid frames in Houston, marking the sixth time in seven starts he's reached that mark. Tyler Glasnow, meanwhile, opened the season with five straight six-inning outings before falling just one out short last Wednesday against Miami.

All three—Yamamoto, Glasnow, and Ohtani—began the year with five consecutive starts of at least six innings. Ohtani looks to extend that run Tuesday. The last Dodger to start a season with a longer streak? None other than Clayton Kershaw, who did it in his first six starts back in 2023. Kershaw also won NL Pitcher of the Month that March/April—just like Ohtani did this year.

For Ohtani personally, his career-best streak of six-inning starts sits at six straight, set back in 2021 with the Angels. He's got a chance to match or surpass that if he keeps dealing.

Numbers don't lie: across MLB, teams are 253-116 (.686) when their starter goes at least six innings. The Dodgers? Even better at 16-7 (.696). That's the kind of foundation that wins pennants—and looks great in Dodgers blue.