Shohei Ohtani delivers latest two-way masterpiece in Dodgers’ rout of Dbacks

Nypost · Jun 04, 2026 · 1036 words · By Jack Harris

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PHOENIX –– Shohei Ohtani isn’t supposed to be making it look this easy.

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What happened

PHOENIX –– Shohei Ohtani isn’t supposed to be making it look this easy.

Why it matters

Not after a second career Tommy John surgery.

Common ground

Not in his first full two-way season in three years.

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Claim 1: “Not after a second career Tommy John surgery.”

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Multiple web search results explicitly state that Shohei Ohtani has already had two Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgeries.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 World Series (branded as the 2024 World Series presented by Capital One) was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2024 season. The 120th edition of the World Series, it wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_World_Series

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 World Series (branded as the 2025 World Series presented by Capital One) was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2025 season. The 121st edition of the World Series, it wa…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shohei Ohtani (Japanese: 大谷翔平, born July 5, 1994) is a Japanese professional baseball designated hitter and pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "Shotime", he…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shohei_Ohtani

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Claim 2: “The right-hander retired the first 11 batters he faced, extending his hitless streak to 9 ⅔ innings dating back to last week’s six-inning start against the Colorado Rockies.”

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No evidence was found in the search results regarding the specific number of batters retired in a row or the exact length of the hitless streak.

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Claim 3: “efficient 89-pitch outing”

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Claim 4: “The Dodgers (40-22) have won 16 of their last 20 games”

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Claim 5: “the Dodgers jumped to an early five-run lead on Kyle Tucker’s two-run blast in the second and run-scoring singles from Freddie Freeman and Max Muncy in the third.”

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No evidence was found in the search results regarding the specific scoring plays involving Kyle Tucker, Freddie Freeman, or Max Muncy in this game.

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Claim 6: “With pitch speeds ranging from 100.4 mph all the way down to 68 mph, he kept the Dbacks (32-29) off-balance”

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Claim 7: “With Wednesday’s 3-for-4 performance, he is now hitting .435 over the team’s last 20 games with 16 RBIs, 12 extra-base hits and an OPS of 1.254.”

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Claim 8: “It marked Tucker’s fourth three-hit game of the year, and got his average up to .243.”

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Claim 9: “At no point this season has his ERA even reached 1.00.”

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Multiple sources confirm his ERA is currently 0.74 and explicitly state his ERA is below 1.00 for the 2026 season.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2026 ... Shohei Ohtani is doing things in 2026 that baseball has never seen — and his pitching is somehow the main event for the first time in his career ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZLez8kiICX/?hl=en

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2026 ... AGAIN Ohtani currently has a 0.74 ERA and is on pace to top one of the oldest records in baseball history The all-time single-season ERA ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZLFlznlJoT/?hl=en

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2026 ... Shohei's 0.74 ERA is the third lowest thru the first 10 starts of the season in baseball history. · Comments Section.
https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/1twdk0s/shoheis_0…

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Claim 10: “mowing through the Arizona lineup in a two-hit, one-walk, six-strikeout gem.”

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One source (ESPN recap) mentions he struck out 6 across 6 scoreless innings, but the specific combination of two hits and one walk is not corroborated by a second independent source in the provided text.

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web search NEUTRAL — Shohei Ohtani[e][f] (Japanese: 大谷翔平, born July 5, 1994) is a Japanese professional baseball designated hitter and pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shohei_Ohtani

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web search NEUTRAL — Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Shohei Ohtani. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-r…
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/ohtansh01.shtml

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web search NEUTRAL — Filled another shelf in his trophy case as NL MVP, Silver Slugger winner at DH, All-MLB First Team, Edgar Martinez Outstanding DH of the Year, National League Hank Aaron Award and AP Male Athlete of t…
https://www.mlb.com/player/shohei-ohtani-660271

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Claim 11: “He delivered a scoreless six-inning outing on the mound that lowered his ERA to 0.74 through his first 10 starts”

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Multiple sources confirm Ohtani pitched six scoreless innings on June 3 and lowered his ERA to 0.74 through his first 10 starts of the 2026 season.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Roki Sasaki (Japanese: 佐々木朗希, Hepburn: Sasaki Rōki; born November 3, 2001), nicknamed "the Monster of the Reiwa Era" (令和の怪物, Reiwa no Kaibutsu), is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Lo…
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Claim 12: “Tucker’s home run in the second inning came on what he said was his best swing of the year: A 424-foot blast over the pool in deep right-center with a season-best 107.6 mph exit velocity.”

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Claim 13: “On the mound, Ohtani has still yet to allow more than two runs in any of his starts this year. Wednesday was the fifth time he didn’t give up any.”

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Claim 14: “After eight combined walks in his three previous pitching starts, he issued only the one free pass on Wednesday.”

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Claim 15: “Justin Wrobleski (7-2, 2.87 ERA) faces right-hander Ryne Nelson (2-4, 4.82 ERA).”

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Claim 16: “He is still technically below the minimum innings threshold to be considered a qualified pitcher, albeit by only one.”

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Two independent sources (AOL and another web result) confirm Ohtani has logged 61 innings, which is one inning short of the threshold to be a qualified pitcher.

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web search NEUTRAL — Including the six scoreless frames he pitched on Wednesday, Ohtani has logged only 61 innings in 10 starts, one inning short of the threshold to be a qualified pitcher.
https://www.aol.com/articles/why-shohei-ohtani-next-crowning…

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web search NEUTRAL — Ohtani is the first pitcher in more than a decade to throw six hitless innings and have a home run in the same game. Yahoo Sports. Shohei Ohtani hits first-pitch leadoff HR, then lowers ERA to MLB-bes…
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/shohei-ohtani-delivers-lat…

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web search NEUTRAL — Shohei Ohtani belts a solo homer during the first inning of the Dodgers’ win over the Rockies. AP. Two at-bats after Ohtani’s leadoff blast, Freddie Freeman also took Rockies starter Tomoyuki Sugano d…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/28/sports/shohei-ohtani-dodgers-f…

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Claim 17: “the four-time MVP”

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Claim 18: “In a 7-0 rout of the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Dodgers’ unicorn talent continued what has become a magical campaign thus far.”

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Multiple independent sources (ESPN and another news source) confirm the Dodgers defeated the Diamondbacks 7-0 on June 3, 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Arizona Complex League Dodgers are a Rookie-level affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers, competing in the Arizona Complex League of Minor League Baseball. The team plays its home games at Camelback…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Los Angeles Dodgers farm system consists of seven Minor League Baseball affiliates across the United States and in the Dominican Republic. Four teams are independently owned, while three—the Arizo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Below is a partial list of Minor League Baseball players in the Los Angeles Dodgers system.
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Claim 19: “For the season, it has raised his batting average to .301 (ninth-best in the National League) and his OPS to .941 (representing the league’s third-best mark).”

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Claim 20: “he also went 3-for-4 as a hitter while drawing two walks, pushing his batting average back above the .300 mark for the first time since opening day.”

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While sources confirm the game and Ohtani's pitching performance, the provided evidence does not contain the specific box score details regarding his 3-for-4 hitting performance or the specific batting average movement for this game.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Decoy (born May 15, 2023), known in Japanese as Dekopin (デコピン), is a Kooikerhondje owned by Japanese baseball player Shohei Ohtani. He is a fixture in the Los Angeles Dodgers fandom and has been descr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decoy_(dog)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A total of 74 Japanese-born players have played in at least one Major League Baseball (MLB) game. Of these players, twelve are on existing MLB rosters. The first instance of a Japanese player playing …
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Claim 21: “third-lowest that deep into a season since earned runs first became a stat in 1913.”

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One Reddit source mentions the ERA is the third lowest through the first 10 starts in baseball history, but other sources do not provide this specific historical comparison.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Baseball Reference is a baseball statistics database maintained by Sports Reference. The site provides career statistics for Major League Baseball (MLB) players and teams as well as records, MLB draft…
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