Shohei Ohtani delivered a dominant performance on the mound and at the plate, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-0 shutout victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday at Chase Field.
The two-way star retired every Diamondbacks batter in his first trip through the lineup, recording three strikeouts.
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He faced his only real threat in the sixth inning after issuing a walk and a single, but induced an inning-ending double play to escape unscathed.
Ohtani allowed just two hits and one walk while striking out six over six innings.
The outing lowered his season ERA to 0.74, the best among Major League starters with at least 60 innings pitched.
Offensively, Ohtani reached base five times with three singles and two walks. After batting .
233 on May 11, he has recorded multiple hits in 11 of his last 19 games to raise his average to .
301.
The Dodgers provided early run support. Kyle Tucker launched a two-run home run in the second inning, his first homer since May 4.
Freddie Freeman added a two-run opposite-field single in the third to make it 4-0.
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Max Muncy drove in Freeman with an RBI single in the seventh, and Alex Freeland contributed three hits and two RBIs, including a run-scoring single in the seventh to extend the lead to 7-0.
Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen struggled, allowing five runs (four earned) on eight hits over five innings.
