Dodgers 4, Giants 0: Shohei Ohtani plays stopper, cruising through 7 shutout frames - Dodgers Digest

"Things started with a mini-threat, as a two-out walk and single forced him to get serious with his first strikeout, but then he cruised through an 11-pitch 2nd frame. A two-out walk and balk in the 3rd was snuffed out, and he then struck out the side in the 4th. Ohtani struck out two more in a scoreless 5th, and worked around a one-out single in the 6th before facing his first real threat in the 7th."

"He started with an out, but then gave up back-to-back singles as his pitch count crept over 100. However, a weird ending to his outing happened, as he got an inning-ending double play after a flyout to on a ball where Willy Adames presumably lost count of the outs or something. In a way, it almost felt like he could've been more dominant somehow, he was that sharp: 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 8 K, 105 Pitches."

"Early on it looked like much of the same against , as they left a two-out single in the 1st and then stranded a lead-off double in the 2nd. However, they did things the easy way in the 3rd, as Santiago Espinal (!) started the scoring with his first homer of the year and as a Dodger, then Mookie Betts went back-to-back with him with his third of the year to make it 2-0 just like that."

"In a minor miracle, they rallied in the 4th as well. Kyle Tucker started with another double, and this time was immediately cashed in on a single from Teoscar Hernandez. Teoscar got to second on a passed ball, then Miguel Rojas singled to corner the runners, and plated a run with a sac fly to make it 4-0 Dodgers."

Shohei Ohtani ended a four-game losing streak with seven shutout innings, limiting the Giants to four hits while striking out eight and walking two. After an early two-out walk and single, he settled in and cruised through multiple scoreless frames, including a strikeout side in the fourth and two more strikeouts in the fifth. In the seventh, his pitch count rose above 100 and back-to-back singles threatened, but an inning-ending double play ended the danger. The Dodgers’ offense produced runs in the third and fourth. Santiago Espinal hit a first homer of the year, followed by Mookie Betts’ home run. Kyle Tucker’s double and Teoscar Hernandez’s single sparked a four-run cushion, with Miguel Rojas driving in a run via a sac fly.

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