Shohei Ohtani homers & goes 6 no-hit innings as Dodgers cruise to sweep – Dodgers Digest

After the Dodgers took the first two games of the series, they had a chance to sweep behind Shohei Ohtani, and that they did. It wasn’t always as smooth as the headline implies, but they never felt in a ton of danger of losing this one, as Shohei homered early and went six no-hit frames in a 4-1 victory to sweep the Rockies.

That’s five in a row and 12-2 in the last 14.

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Things started well for the Dodgers against Tomoyuki Sugano, as Shohei Ohtani led the game off with his ninth homer of the year.

Back-to-back games with a leadoff homer from Shohei, the pitcher! pic.twitter.com/LrJGaz18FJ

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) May 28, 2026

Doc in disbelief ?? pic.twitter.com/WC7NcY1RwE

— James¹⁷¹⁸? (@ShotimeLAD) May 28, 2026

Two batters later it was Freddie Freeman hit his seventh of the year to make it 2-0 just like that.

Freddie goes oppo! pic.twitter.com/PgTQDQvDTK

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) May 28, 2026

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On the other end, it sounds weird to say given the result, but Shohei Ohtani labored on the mound. A lot of deep counts and falling behind, but overpowering with stuff.

In the 1st, a two-out walk helped to increase his pitch count, and in the 2nd, he got a great play in right from Alex Call to start, which helped the two-out walk later in the inning not matter much.

What a play by Call in right. Always shows up. pic.twitter.com/aCSFcnI8m1

— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) May 28, 2026

He did then get a 1-2-3 frame in the 3rd, but gave himself trouble in the 4th with a lead-off walk and hit batter. He got a pair of groundouts and a strikeout over the next three batters, but that ended up plating a run and Alex Freeland prevented worse. Still, the lead was cut to 2-1.

Freeland makes a heady play but Ohtani gives up a run. Disaster, sorta. For him. pic.twitter.com/SG09zyjVUO

— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) May 28, 2026

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To his credit, Sugano settled down after the early bombs, limiting them to just a walk and a single (that was picked off) over the next 11 batters. However, they got a two-out rally in the 4th, as Hyeseong Kim singled (more on him being in the game later), Will Smith followed with a double, and Call singled to left to score Kim with Dills getting thrown out at home. Fine with the choice.

These are the kinds of sends I mean in terms of aggressiveness. Like if you think they’ve safe more than 20% of the time, it’s probably fine. https://t.co/xzt1zib0Wx

— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) May 28, 2026

Sugano then got two-outs in the 5th before an error extended the inning and scared the shit out of me when Andy Pages went down avoiding the tag.

Fortunately nothing got caught in the ground. pic.twitter.com/sRG3bpmL90

— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) May 28, 2026

That was all for Sugano, but the pen got the last out of the 5th, got a 1-2-3 frame in the 6th, and gave up just a lead-off walk in the 7th.

Fortunately, some insurance came via Pages’ 13th homer of the year to start the 8th and making it 4-1.

A laser from Andy! pic.twitter.com/JfMtHsKjVG

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) May 28, 2026

Pages rubs the lamp (Tanner’s bald head). pic.twitter.com/g5b1UDBu0q

— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) May 28, 2026