The Dodgers had a winning week, taking four of seven games, by splitting with the Diamondbacks in Arizona, then winning two of three at home against the Angels. But they both started and ended the week with losses, frustrating in different ways.<\/p>\n
On Monday in Phoenix, they were burned by a lack of offense<\/a>. On Sunday at Dodger Stadium, the offense was there but the pitching staff had a rare clunker<\/a>. Pitching has carried the Dodgers this season, but the offense this week fell a little short averaging more than three quarters of a run less than their average.<\/p>\n Put another way, a Dodgers pitcher had a scoreless start of at least six innings three times last week, but said starter only got the win in one of those games. But that same offense scored nine runs in the first inning on Saturday<\/a> for their biggest frame in five years. This team contains multitudes.<\/p>\n Shohei Ohtani carried the offense during the week with 12 hits in 25, including two doubles, a triple, and a home run, all part of a 1.312 OPS. He had five multi-hit games in his six games played this week<\/p>\n Ohtani has been humming along in top gear at the plate for the last four weeks, hitting .419\/.510\/.721 over his last 23 games.<\/p>\n Couple this week at the plate with his six scoreless innings on the mound on Wednesday in Phoenix, it\u2019ll be time to open an investigation if Ohtani doesn\u2019t win National League player of the week.<\/p>\n Honorable mention goes to Dalton Rushing, who started four games behind the plate this week as Will Smith dealt with neck stiffness on Saturday and Sunday, and had four hits on Sunday, including a double and home run.<\/p>\n It feels like there have been several weeks like this in 2026, in which this section could simply be a list of three to five starting pitchers, any one of them deserving of the honor. We\u2019ll go with Roki Sasaki here, his progression culminating<\/a> with 10 strikeouts in seven scoreless innings on Friday night against the Angels<\/a>.<\/p>\n Honorable mention also goes to Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who retired 22 straight batters in his eight-inning gem on Saturday, Justin Wrobleski with his six scoreless innings on Thursday in Arizona, and Ohtani\u2019s six shutout frames on Wednesday.<\/p>\n 4-3 record 42-24 record
31 runs scored (4.43 per game)
27 runs allowed (3.86 per game)
.563 pythagorean win percentage<\/p>\n
345 runs scored (5.23 per game)
212 runs allowed (3.21 per game)
.709 pythagorean win percentage (47-19)<\/p>\n