SAN FRANCISCO –– For six innings Wednesday night,Shohei Ohtanitortured the San Francisco Giants’ offense.
The minute he left the mound, everything changed.
In the Dodgers’ 3-0 loss at Oracle Park, Ohtani’s pitching was the only bright spot in what was the club’s fourth loss in its last five games.
While he spun six scoreless frames, neither the lineup nor the bullpen could provide any support, setting the stage for a back-breaking sequence in the bottom of the seventh.
With Ohtani’s night over after 91 pitches, left-handed reliever Jack Dreyer took the mound and immediately gave the game away. The first two batters he faced both singled. Then, after a sacrifice bunt, he hung a slider to Patrick Bailey that the Giants catcher –– and previously .145-hitting No. 9 batter –– clobbered for a no-doubt three-run homer.
The Dodgers’ offense mustered no such magic. For the first time this season, they were shut out, finishing the night with just four hits.
Giants starter Tyler Mahle frustrated them over seven scoreless innings. And after the fourth, they never even put a runner in scoring position.
Ohtani, as a hitter, wasn’t immune to such struggles, losing his 53-game on-base streak with a 0-for-4 performance.
The defeat clinches a losing road trip for the Dodgers, who have gone 2-4 this week against the Giants and Colorado Rockies.
Now, they are in danger of suffering their first series sweep of the season, too.
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