For the first time since Aug. 23, 2025, Shohei Ohtani failed to reach base in a regular-season game on Wednesday. The Los Angeles Dodgers star went 0-for-4 with no walks in a 3-0 loss to the San Francisco Giants, ending his on-base streak at 53 games. He entered Wednesday tied with Shawn Green for the second-longest streak by a Dodger in the modern era (since 1900).
Ohtani finished five games short of Duke Snider’s franchise record of 58 and 31 games short of Ted Williams’ MLB record 84-game streak. Giants starting pitcher Tyler Mahle was largely responsible for Ohtani’s quiet night, facing him three times and inducing two groundouts and a strikeout. Mahle threw seven scoreless innings overall, with Caleb Kilian getting the final plate appearance from Ohtani in the eighth inning.
Ohtani’s best chance to reach base came in the third inning on a 103.1 mph grounder, but Giants first baseman Rafael Devers made a nice play to get the out. On the bright side, Ohtani was again terrific on the mound, striking out seven, allowing five hits and no walks across six scoreless innings. His ERA now stands at 0.38 through four starts.
Put another way: Ohtani has allowed as many earned runs this season (one) as games in which he has failed to reach base (one). Another fun fact: Ohtani has reached base in every game this season, yet is on pace to post his worst OPS (.854) since 2020, the year before his first MVP campaign.