For the first time since Aug. 23, 2025, Shohei Ohtani didn’t reach base in a regular-season game on Wednesday.

The Los Angeles Dodgers star went 0-for-4 with no walks in a 3-0 loss to the San Francisco Giants, ending his on-base streak at 53 games. He entered Wednesday tied with Shawn Green for the second-longest streak by a Dodger in the modern era (since 1900).

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Ohtani finished five games short of Duke Snider’s franchise record of 58, and 31 games short of Ted Williams’ MLB record 84-game streak.

Most responsible for Ohtani’s empty night at the plate was Giants starting pitcher Tyler Mahle, who faced him three times and got two groundouts and a strikeout. He threw seven scoreless innings overall, with Caleb Kilian getting the final plate appearance from Ohtani in the eighth inning.

Ohtani’s best chance at reaching base was in the third inning on a 103.1 mph grounder, but Giants first baseman Rafael Devers made a nice play to get the out.

On the bright side for Ohtani, he was once again terrific on the mound, striking out seven, allowing five hits and walking none across six scoreless innings. His ERA is now 0.38 through four starts.

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We could put this another way. Ohtani now has as many earned runs allowed this season as games in which he has failed to reach base: one.

Another fun fact: Ohtani has reached base every game this season, and yet is on pace to post his worst OPS (.854) since 2020, the year before his first MVP campaign.