The Dodgers are back in the win column as they snapped their four-game losing streak behind another dominant performance from Shohei Ohtani on the mound. The Dodgers broke through early and kept their foot on the gas as they shut out the San Francisco Giants for the second time this year, winning on Wednesday by a final score of 4-0.
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It was looking like more of the same for the Dodgers offensively, as after a leadoff double from Kyle Tucker in the bottom of the second, the Dodgers stranded him at third while plummeting to a .125 batting average as a team with runners in scoring position to that point.
The Dodgers atoned for stranding Tucker with a leadoff home run from Santiago Espinal in the bottom of the third that just scraped over the left field wall. It was Espinal’s first home run as a Dodger and it was his first home run at the big league level since Aug. 30, 2024 when he was with the Cincinnati Reds. Mookie Betts immediately followed up Espinal with a long home run 414 feet deep into the pavilion— his first since returning from the injured list— giving the Dodgers an early two-run lead.
Santiago and Mookie go back-to-back! pic.twitter.com/R5n0zQTFwR
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) May 14, 2026
The Dodgers added another pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth, as Teoscar Hernández brought home Tucker with an opposite-field single to make it a three-run lead before Alex Call drove home Hernández on a sacrifice fly.
Once Ohtani received his first runs of support since April 15, he was lights out on the mound, striking out the side in the fourth inning and retiring eight in a row after allowing the two-out walk to Arraez in the third.
Shohei strikes out the side! pic.twitter.com/pfFHl2X3eM
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) May 14, 2026
Arraez would get the best of Ohtani again in the top of the sixth with the Giants’ first hit since the first inning, but the two-way superstar worked around the baserunner as he registered his seventh consecutive quality start. Ohtani is now the only Dodger pitcher to pitch at least six innings in every start this year.
Hype us up, Shohei! pic.twitter.com/J4u1YOmoWx
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) May 14, 2026
The Giants gave Ohtani a scare in the top of the seventh, as they put two men on with a pair of one out singles from Willy Adames and Matt Chapman. Ohtani got Drew Gilbert to fly out to deep left-center field, but Adames thought the ball had landed and was doubled up at second to end Ohtani’s night. Ohtani tossed a season-high 105 pitches, while he now lowers his MLB-best ERA to a microscopic 0.82.
Tanner Scott added another scoreless inning in the eighth to what has already been a bounce back season, while Kyle Hurt worked around a leadoff double from Devers in the ninth to secure the shutout victory.
Kyle Tucker is continuing to heat up in the month of May, as he connected a pair of doubles against Ray to give him his third multi-hit game over his last nine games. Tucker has a batting average of .370 with six extra-base hits while waking seven times and striking out just six times over that span.
Game particulars- Home runs— Santiago Espinal (1), Mookie Betts (3)
- WP— Shohei Ohtani (3-2): 6 1/3 IP, 4 hits, 0 runs, 2 walks, 8 strikeouts
- LP— Robbie Ray (3-5): 4 2/3 IP, 7 hits, 4 earned runs, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts
The Dodgers wrap things up at home against the Giants on Thursday (7:10 p.m. PT, SportsNet LA) before heading down 31 miles south for a three-game set against the Angels beginning Friday. Emmet Sheehan starts the finale against Landon Roupp.