The Los Angeles Dodgers lost their fourth consecutive game, falling 6-2 to the San Francisco Giants. Shohei Ohtani ended his home run drought, but the Dodgers' offense struggled again.
Key points
Los Angeles Dodgers lost to San Francisco Giants 6-2
This marks the Dodgers' fourth consecutive loss
Shohei Ohtani ended his home run drought
Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed three home runs in six innings
Yamamoto has not won against the Giants in six starts
Los Angeles DodgersSan Francisco GiantsShohei OhtaniYoshinobu Yamamoto
Despite Shohei Ohtani finally getting out of his home run funk, the offense continues to disappear as the San Francisco Giants took Tuesday's contest by a 6-2 final.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto had yet to earn a win against the Giants in six starts against the division rival.
Tuesday's outing proved to be no different.
The right-hander retired the first eight batters he faced with ease until he faced off against Giants backup catcher Eric Haase.
Haase hit the first of two home runs off Yamamoto to tie the ballgame 1-1 in the third inning.
The Giants' bottom of the order jumped on Yamamoto in the fifth as Harrison Bader hit the second long ball of the game for San Francisco. Haase followed that up with his second home run of the game.
That was the first time in his short MLB career that Yamamoto has given up three home runs in an outing.
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Those back-to-back jacks for the Giants helped them never look back after that.
Yamamoto entered in the seventh inning. He was removed after recording just one out and was responsible for runners on the corners.
Blake Treinen came on with hopes of stranding the runners, but the Giants tacked on two additional runs in the seventh.
Overall, it was a so-so start for the Dodgers' ace, with splashes of the Yamamoto of old as well.
Yamamoto finished his outing going 6 1/3 innings, giving up five earned runs on six hits and struck out eight Giants. Yamamoto is sitting on a 3.60 ERA.
Ohtani Breaks Home Run Skid, But Offense Falls Flat...Again
In the pregame media scrum, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts revealed his plans for Ohtani moving forward as he preps for his next start on Wednesday.
Roberts said that Ohtani would not hit during the series finale on Thursday and is leaning on him not hitting on his start date either.
That must've turned on a light switch for Ohtani as, in his first plate appearance, smacked a base hit to right field. That was his fifth hit in his last 39 at-bats.
In his second at-bat of the game in the third inning, Ohtani broke out of not hitting a home run and hit a 398-foot opposite field shot to give the Dodgers a 2-1 lead.
That was the only source of sunlight on this Dodgers' offense Tuesday night as they continue to scuffle.
Down 6-2 in the eighth inning, the Dodgers had their best chance to score with Max Muncy up at the plate representing the tying run with the bases loaded.
Unfortunately for Los Angeles, nothing came out of that opportunity as Muncy struck out looking and Andy Pages flew out to right field.
With the bases loaded in 2026, the Dodgers are five for their last 27.
What's Next?
The Dodgers dropped their fourth straight game and fall to a 24-18 record.
Ohtani takes the mound Wednesday as the Dodgers look to snap their losing skid and salvage a win.
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