Yoshinobu Yamamoto suffers defeat despite seven-inning quality start; Shohei Ohtani extends on-base streak to 53 games, setting new Asian player record.

In MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers faced their arch-rival San Francisco Giants in a series today. Japanese two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani hit an infield single in the top of the seventh inning, extending his personal consecutive on-base streak to 53 games, surpassing the Asian player record previously set by Korean player Shin-Soo Choo. Japanese ace starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivered a quality seven-inning start, but the lineup failed to provide offensive support; the Dodgers ultimately lost 1-3, with Yamamoto suffering his second defeat of the season.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto encountered trouble in the first inning, facing the Giants' lineup: Willy Adames and Luis Arráez hit consecutive singles, plus a walk issued; Rafael Devers' timely single helped the Giants score first. Casey Schmitt followed with a sacrifice fly, and Jung Hoo Lee added another timely single, resulting in Yamamoto allowing three runs in the inning.

From the second inning onward, Yamamoto displayed his ace caliber, retiring nine consecutive batters. Although he allowed baserunners in the fifth and sixth innings, he managed to keep them from scoring; in the bottom of the seventh, he even struck out three consecutive batters to conclude his pitching assignment.

In this game, Yamamoto started for seven innings, using 101 pitches, allowing six hits and three runs, while issuing seven strikeouts and two walks. However, the Dodgers only managed three hits overall; Yamamoto ultimately suffered his second loss this season, with his ERA rising to 2.48 after the game.

Shohei Ohtani today had one hit in four at-bats, striking out twice; his batting average dropped to 0.271 after the game. His only hit occurred in the top of the seventh inning—a groundball to shortstop resulting in an infield single, extending his consecutive on-base streak to 53 games. This ties the Dodgers' second-longest franchise record set by Shawn Green in 2000, and is only five games away from the franchise record of 58 games held by Duke Snider in 1954.