Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani’s historic on-base streak has come to an end as they fell 3-0 to the Giants Wednesday night.
Prior to Wednesday’s game, in which he went 0-for-4, Ohtani safely reached base 53 games in a row, which is tied for the second-longest such streak in Dodgers history and longest during the team’s time in LA. He shares the honor with Shawn Green.
After Ohtani’s performance Wednesday, Duke Snider retains the Dodgers’ all-time record with 58 straight games on base.
He accomplished that feat in 1954, just a few years before the team moved to Los Angeles ahead of the 1958 season.
While Ohtani was able to rely on walks, including some intentional walks, to extend his streak thus far this year, he’s had a slow start at the plate.
“He’s really not hit his stride yet,” he said. “He’s really not comfortable with his swing. It just shows that he’s an impact player.
“He’s getting on base. The streak speaks to that. If we could just get him going and a couple others, we’ll put up some crooked numbers.”
He has, however, dominated on the mound, including Wednesday night. He pitched six scoreless innings with seven strikeouts.
After six scoreless from Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers lack of offense comes back to haunt them.Jack Dreyer gives up a three run homer to end the deadlock in the seventh inning.Back-to-back starts with no run support for the Dodgers’ star pitchers. pic.twitter.com/0muoUZdN2T
It all fell apart, though, when reliever Jack Dreyer gave up a three-run home run the inning after Ohtani left the mound.
The Dodgers and Giants face off again Thursday afternoon. First pitch is at 12:45 p.m., and Tyler Glasnow will get the start for the Dodgers. Logan Webb will start for the Giants.
