The Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player, Shohei Ohtani, delivered a brilliant performance with seven shutout innings (as a pitcher) and hitting two home runs (as a hitter). Despite his efforts, the San Francisco Giants ultimately lost the game due to a costly baserunning error by shortstop Willy Adames. Ohtani's ERA against the Giants stands at 0.32, the lowest among any opponent with a minimum of three starts.
Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani , center, reacts after striking out San Francisco Giants’ Rafael Devers, left, as catcher Will Smith gets ready to throw the ball back during the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Los Angeles .
LOS ANGELES — On Tuesday, the Giants’ pitching staff couldn’t contain Shohei Ohtani, the hitter, who homered and reached base three times. On Wednesday, San Francisco’s hitters couldn’t touch Shohei Ohtani, the pitcher, who delivered seven shutout innings as the Giants lost 4-0 to the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.
For all of Ohtani’s brilliance — the four-time MVP struck out eight and trimmed his ERA to 0.82 — the defining moment of the night was a brutal baserunning blunder by shortstop Willy Adames that ended the Giants’ only rally of the night. Ohtani cruised through the first six innings, but San Francisco put runners on first and second with one out in the seventh on back-to-back singles by Adames and Matt Chapman.
Following a mound visit, Drew Gilbert sent a deep fly ball that faded at the center-field warning track. Adames took off on contact, jogging without any sense of urgency. When Dodgers center fielder Andy Pages made the catch, Adames was rounding third and in no position to get back safely. Los Angeles’ defense doubled up Adames, and the inning was over.
In five career starts against the Giants, Ohtani has allowed just one run over 28 innings with 33 strikeouts. Ohtani’s 0.32 ERA against San Francisco is his lowest against any opponent .
Backup catcher Haase’s two homers power SF Giants to win over DodgersSF Giants’ Devers continues heating up in big win vs. Dodgers Robbie Ray turned in his shortest start of the season, surrendering two homers and allowing four runs over 4 2/3 innings with two strikeouts to two walks. The Dodgers ambushed Ray in the bottom of the third as Santiago Espinal, the No. 9 hitter, and Mookie Betts hit solo homers on back-to-back pitches to put the Giants in a 2-0 deficit.
Los Angeles doubled its lead with two runs in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI single by Teoscar Hernández and a sacrifice fly by Alex Call. Right fielder Jung Hoo Lee caught Call’s fly ball in foul territory and could’ve let it fall to avoid allowing a run to score, but Ray had also failed to retire the first three batters of the inning.
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