Dodgers starting pitchers providing length
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 start of May on Tuesday night against the Houston Astros. Shohei Ohtani has allowed only four runs to date […]
TORONTO, CANADA - APRIL 6: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers runs off the field with teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto #18 after their team defeated Toronto Blue Jays in their MLB game at the Rogers Centre on April 6, 2026 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images) | Getty Images 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 start of May on Tuesday night against the Houston Astros. Shohei Ohtani has allowed only four runs to date this season, two of them unearned, which has aided his ability to complete six innings in all five of his starts.
Completing at least six innings has been the norm this season for the Dodgers rotation, whose 5. 83 innings on average are tops in the majors. Dodgers starters have completed six innings in 23 of their 35 games thus far in 2026, three more than the next-most in the majors .
Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched six innings in Monday night’s win in Houston, and has lasted at least six innings in six of his seven starts. Tyler Glasnow lasted at least six innings in his first five starts before 5 2/3 last Wednesday at home against the Miami Marlins. Yamamoto, Glasnow, and Ohtani each started the season with five straight starts of at least six innings, with Ohtani getting his chance to extend that streak on Tuesday night.
The last time a Dodgers starter opened the season with a longer streak was 2023, when Clayton Kershaw did so in his first six starts . Kershaw, like Ohtani, won National League pitcher of the month for March/April that year , too. Ohtani’s longest streak of starts with at least six innings is six straight, from July 6-August 18, 2021 while with the Angels .