MLB’s longest active scoreless pitching streak reached 22 2/3 innings on Tuesday. Its longest active on-base streak hit 36 games. Both belong to the same person.
It’s a convergence only one player is capable of: Shohei Ohtani, of course.
Tuesday marked the return of the two-way Ohtani show, as the Dodgers superstar made his first start of the season on the mound. He threw six scoreless innings of one-hit ball against the Guardians, building on a streak that began last year, when he closed the regular season with 16 2/3 scoreless innings.
Ohtani also tallied a hit and two walks on Tuesday. He’s yet to homer in 2026, but he has reached base safely in all five games for Los Angeles, continuing the streak he carried over from the final 31 games of 2025.
Ohtani’s scoreless innings streak is already the longest of his career. If he reaches on Wednesday against the Guardians, who are set to start Gavin Williams, Ohtani will also have his longest on-base streak at 37 games.
The only other game in which Ohtani faced Williams -- on May 26, 2025 -- he crushed the first pitch he saw for a leadoff homer and later drew a walk.
Ohtani previously had a 36-game streak that ran across parts of 2023-24. During his current streak, he’s produced a .276/.409/.597 slash with 11 homers, 29 walks, 19 RBIs and 28 runs scored.