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[David Vassegh @THEREAL_DV]

#Dodgers are distancing themselves from the rest of NL West.

[John Stolnis @JohnStolnis]

And he now holds the longest scoreless innings streak for a left-hander in Major League Baseball history.

Not Sandy Koufax.
Not Steve Carlton.
Not Randy Johnson.
Not Clayton Kershaw.
Not Pat Combs.

(just seeing if you were paying attention).

CRISTOPHER SANCHEZ

[Jack Harris @ByJackHarris]

Final: Dodgers 7, Dbacks 0

#Dodgers are 40-22

Shohei Ohtani (6 scoreless IP, 3-for-4 with 2 walks) leads LAD to their 16th win in the last 20 games

[Bob Nightengale @BNightengale]

And now for an encore Shohei Ohtani reaches base for the 5th time tonight with three hits and two walks.
He is hitting .301 with a .941 OPS.

[OptaSTATS @OptaSTATS]

Tonight was Shohei Ohtani's 11th career game where he pitched 5.0+ innings and had more or as many base hits as he allowed.

The only MLB player in the modern era with more such games is Walter Johnson (16).

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

Following six more scoreless innings tonight, Shohei Ohtani's ERA is 0.74. Through 10 starts, the lowest ERAs in major league history:

Jacob deGrom, 2021: 0.56
Juan Marichal, 1966: 0.59
Shohei Ohtani, 2026: 0.74

Hitters are slashing .144/.224/.211 against him. Just incredible.

[Sam Block @theblockspot]

Atlanta Braves in 2025… 41-52 record
Atlanta Braves in 2026… 41-20 record

Insanity.

[Jeff Kerr @JeffKerrPHL]

Jhoan Duran — in save opportunities this season

14 opportunities, 14 saves

13.2 IP, 21 K, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA

#Phillies

[Ryan Phillips @RumorsandRants]

That's 8 losses in the last 9 games for the Padres. In those losses, they've scored a total of 15 runs.

They have the worst offense in baseball, and there's no help on the way.

[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

This is the third time in franchise history the Giants have won a game 1-0 on a player’s first career HR, joining:

8/7/1991 Darren Lewis
6/10/1954 Bill Taylor

Taylor, like Victor Bericoto, did it in Milwaukee (v Braves)

@EliasSports

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Ossoff: "If we want to stop these spectacularly incompetent, loyalist nominees from getting confirmed in the Senate, we're going to have to stop relying on a few Republican senators to suddenly discover their courage and integrity. We're going to have to win the majority."

[Anthony Castrovince @castrovince]

Babe Ruth career in Cleveland: .367/.519/.702 slash

José Ramírez career in the Bronx: .402/.476/.709 slash

Payback.

[Michael Cerami @Michael_Cerami]

Cubs haven’t won a series in four full weeks.

[Matt Gelb @MattGelb]

Not to be lost amid all of the history: The Phillies are three games over .500 for the first time this season. They are now 14-5 in one-run games.

[Darnay Tripp @DarnayTripp]

The Padres beat the Dodgers to take a half game lead in the NL West 16 days ago.

They have gone 3-10 since.

[Dodger Insider @DodgerInsider]

Freddie Freeman is now eight away from the 2,500 career hits. His single drives in a pair of runs to extend the Dodgers' lead to 4-0.

[Jeff Spiegel @JeffSpiegel]

Alex Freeland is 5/10 with a double, a HR, 4 RBI and 2 walks since getting brought back to LA #Dodgers

📈

[Corey Seidman @CoreySeidman]

The Phillies have the major-league leader in:

Batting average (Marsh .335)

Home runs (Schwarber 23)

Innings (Sanchez 86.1)

ERA (Sanchez 1.46)

[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

Lowest ERA in first 10 starts of season, since ER official (1913) excl openers:

2021 Jacob deGrom: 0.56
1966 Juan Marichal: 0.59
2026 Shohei Ohtani: 0.74

!!!

Also has been on base 4 times tonight

[Katie Sharp @SharpStats17]

After the series loss to the Guardians, the Yankees still only have one series win vs a team that entered Wednesday with a .500 or better record (Mariners, March 30-April 1)