Ohtani dominates, Dodgers beat Rockies 4‑1

LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — Shohei Ohtani pitched six hitless innings and hit a home run as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 4-1 on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium.

Ohtani struck out seven and walked none, extending his scoreless streak to 19 1/3 innings before Willi Castro’s groundout scored a run for Colorado in the fourth. Ohtani (5-2) allowed one earned run and lowered his ERA to 0.82. He has not given up more than two runs in any start this season.

The Dodgers jumped ahead with two runs in the first inning and added one in the fourth on Alex Call’s RBI single. Freddie Freeman and Andy Pages each homered for Los Angeles.

Kyle Hurt pitched a scoreless ninth for his first save. Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) took the loss after allowing three earned runs in 4 2/3 innings.

The Rockies managed only one hit — a single by Troy Johnston in the eighth — ending the combined no-hit bid by Ohtani, Tanner Scott and Will Klein. Attendance was 50,832. The game lasted 2 hours, 29 minutes.