LOS ANGELES – Marlins right-hander Janson Junk outdueled Shohei Ohtani in Tuesday night’s 2-1 win over the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.
Junk extended his consecutive scoreless innings streak to 11 by shutting down the Dodgers over six frames. He scattered three hits – all singles – with four strikeouts and one walk in a 76-pitch outing. It marked just the third time in Junk’s career that he went at least six innings and didn’t give up an earned run.
The Dodgers’ best chance against Junk came in the first when they loaded the bases with one out. He buckled down, inducing a Max Muncy popout and a Teoscar Hernández forceout. Los Angeles didn’t get another runner in scoring position against Junk, who retired eight straight batters at one point until Kyle Tucker’s two-out single in the sixth.
With closer Pete Fairbanks on the injured list with nerve irritation, the Marlins turned to righty Anthony Bender for a scoreless seventh. In the eighth, righty Michael Petersen allowed one run on three singles, exiting with runners on the corners and one out. Lefty John King retired the next two batters to maintain the one-run cushion.
Right-hander Tyler Phillips, who saved four games in 2025 but has been used in a multi-inning role in '26, pitched a scoreless ninth for the save. When Fairbanks left Monday’s game, Phillips took over and nearly escaped the bases-loaded jam. After a strikeout, he coughed up the two-out walk-off hit.
Miami, meanwhile, scrapped together enough run support for Junk vs. his former Angels teammate.
Agustín Ramírez, who started at catcher and hit fifth after Liam Hicks was a late scratch due to illness, got struck on the left wrist by Ohtani’s 94.6 mph sinker to open the second. He stole second and advanced to third on Ohtani’s error, as his pickoff throw to second sailed into center field.
Two batters later, Owen Caissie sent a shallow fly to center, where Andy Pages caught the ball and fired wide of home, hitting Ramírez and allowing the run to score.
The Marlins extended the lead to 2-0 on Kyle Stowers’ two-out RBI single in the fifth for just the second earned run allowed by Ohtani all season. Christopher Morel walked on four pitches to open the frame in his club debut, moved to second on Jakob Marsee’s bunt and came home on Stowers’ sharp grounder to right (99.4 mph).