The National League pitcher of the month for March/April, who walked twice, drove in a run and scored a pair of runs as a hitter in Monday’s series opener at Daikin Park, makes his first pitching begin of May on Tuesday night time in opposition to the Houston Astros.
Shohei Ohtani has allowed solely 4 runs up to now this season, two of them unearned, which has aided his potential to finish six innings in all 5 of his begins. Completing at the very least six innings has been the norm this season for the Dodgers rotation, whose 5.83 innings on common are tops within the majors.
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Dodgers starters have accomplished six innings in 23 of their 35 video games so far in 2026, three more than the next-most in the majors. Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched six innings in Monday night time’s win in Houston, and has lasted at the very least six innings in six of his seven begins. Tyler Glasnow lasted at the very least six innings in his first 5 begins earlier than 5 2/3 final Wednesday at residence in opposition to the Miami Marlins.
Yamamoto, Glasnow, and Ohtani every began the season with 5 straight begins of at the very least six innings, with Ohtani getting his probability to increase that streak on Tuesday night time. The final time a Dodgers starter opened the season with an extended streak was 2023, when Clayton Kershaw did so in his first six starts. Kershaw, like Ohtani, gained National League pitcher of the month for March/April that year, too.
Ohtani’s longest streak of begins with at the very least six innings is six straight, from July 6-August 18, 2021 while with the Angels.
Major league groups this season are 253-116 (.686) when their starting pitcher completes six innings. The Dodgers are 16-7 (.696) in such video games.
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Ballpark: Daikin Park, Houston
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Radio: AM 570 (English), KTNQ 1020 AM (Spanish)