Ohtani’s 53-game on-base streak ends as Dodgers are shut out 3-0 by Giants

Shohei Ohtani’s 53-game on-base streak ended Wednesday night, but not before he turned in one of his best pitching performances of the season.

Ohtani went 0-for-4 without a walk as the Los Angeles Dodgers were shut out for the first time in 2026, falling 3-0 to the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park. The contrast defined the night: Ohtani’s bat finally cooled after a run that stretched back to last season, even as he held San Francisco scoreless for six innings on the mound.

The game was tied 0-0 through six before Giants catcher Patrick Bailey broke it open in the seventh with a three-run homer off Dodgers reliever Jack Dreyer, who was charged with the loss. San Francisco starter Tyler Mahle earned the win after allowing three hits over seven scoreless innings, with two walks and five strikeouts. Ryan Walker worked the save.

Ohtani’s streak ended at 53 consecutive regular-season games, tying Shawn Green’s 53-game run in 2000 for the second-longest on-base streak in Dodgers modern-era history, which dates to 1900. Only Duke Snider’s 58-game streak in 1954 was longer for the franchise in that span. In the broader major league context, streaks of that length are rare; the most recent longer one was Orlando Cabrera’s 63-game streak in 2006.

That made the ending notable on its own. It stood out even more because Ohtani, the Dodgers’ leadoff hitter and starting pitcher that night, was dominant on the mound. He allowed five hits, walked none and struck out seven over six scoreless innings. After the outing, he had given up just one earned run in 24 innings this season, good for a 0.38 ERA.

“I’m focused, as a leadoff hitter, to get on base,” Ohtani said through interpreter Will Ireton.

Los Angeles managed only four hits, while San Francisco had eight. The Dodgers dropped to 16-8 and finished an uncharacteristically quiet two-game stretch offensively in San Francisco, unable to capitalize in key spots even before Bailey’s homer decided it.

“I thought each of the nights there were a couple of pivotal at-bats that I think could have pushed a run across, and we didn’t come through situationally,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.

For one night, that offensive lull was enough to overshadow Ohtani’s work on the mound. His on-base streak, one of the longest the Dodgers have seen in the modern era, ended without ceremony in an 0-for-4 line. His pitching, though, continued to look untouchable.

The Dodgers left Oracle Park with their first shutout loss of the season. Ohtani left with a reminder of how unusual his night was: no time on base, no runs allowed, and still a defeat.