Dodgers’ offense backs up Shohei Ohtani’s latest gem in win over Giants

During their weeks-long slump as an offense, the Dodgers’ primary problems were simple. They weren’t slugging the ball, and they weren’t capitalizing on situational opportunities. In a 4-0 win over the Giants on Wednesday, they finally found a way to do both.

Shohei Ohtani, who threw seven scoreless innings, delivers a pitch during the Dodgers’ 4-0 win over the Giants on May 13, 2026 in Los Angeles. Wally Skalij for the California Post On a night Shohei Ohtani continued his dominant start to the season as a pitcher –– spinning seven scoreless innings with eight strikeouts to lower his ERA to 0. 82 –– the Dodgers’ Ohtani-less lineup found a way to supply him with plenty of support.

In the third inning, Santiago Espinal and Mookie Betts hit back-to-back home runs, marking just the second time this year the Dodgers had gone deep in consecutive at-bats. Then, in the fourth, they doubled the lead with a couple of manufactured runs, getting an RBI single from Teoscar Hernández and a sacrifice fly from Alex Call. It wasn’t exactly a breakout performance from the Dodgers’ offense, which was the primary culprit behind the team’s 9-14 skid entering Wednesday.

But it didn’t need to be given the way Ohtani pitched, with the two-way star turning in his best performance on the mound in a season that has included nothing but gems (he has gone at least six innings, and given up no more than two earned runs in all seven outings this year). What it means At a bare minimum, the Dodgers (25-18) avoided what would have been a season-long five-game losing streak, snapping their second four-game skid in the last two weeks with the kind of solid all-around performance that has evaded them too often lately. The team is still in second place in the National League West, a half-game behind the San Diego Padres.