Shohei Ohtani will start against the New York Mets on Wednesday at Dodger Stadium, putting the Dodgers schedule in the spotlight on Jackie Robinson Day. Sarah Langs posted Tuesday that he pitches Wednesday, a reminder that Los Angeles is asking its two-way star to carry both the lineup and the rotation at the same time.
Ohtani enters the game with the longest active on-base streak in MLB at 48 games and the longest active scoreless-inning streak among starting pitchers, a rare pairing that has made his season unlike anyone else’s. He has gone 28.2 innings without allowing an earned run and has started two games this season, throwing 12 scoreless innings with eight strikeouts and four walks.
The numbers behind the run are still strong even by Ohtani’s standards. He is batting.254 with five home runs, 10 RBIs and 14 walks in 63 plate appearances this season, and he extended the on-base streak Tuesday night to pass Ron Cey’s 47-game Dodgers mark. The streak began on August 24, 2025, and now sits behind only Duke Snider’s 58-game streak, Shawn Green’s 53-game streak and Willie Keeler’s 50-game streak on the club’s all-time list.
That places Wednesday’s start in more than one historical frame. MLB will celebrate Jackie Robinson Day, and Ohtani is also moving through a separate stretch that has already carried him past Ichiro Suzuki’s 42-game on-base run four days ago for the most among Japanese sluggers in MLB history. The calendar gives the matchup extra weight, but the larger story is that Ohtani is arriving at Dodger Stadium with streaks that are still intact and no sign that either one is easing up.
For the Dodgers, the question is no longer whether Ohtani can handle the moment. It is how long they can keep asking one player to stay this hot at the plate and this efficient on the mound while the season keeps piling up behind him.
