Shohei Ohtani has his trophy case filled with every piece of hardware you can achieve in the game of baseball. One that remains for him though is the illustrious Cy Young Award. 

Tuesday night was the first step in that journey as his six scoreless innings in his season debut on the mound against the Cleveland Guardians propelled the Dodgers to a 4-1 win. 

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts thinks Ohtani's chances of winning the Cy Young are "feasible" if he remains healthy and makes consistent starts. It's a bold claim that he made during camp that still holds weight to the present. 

Even with the Dodgers planning to have him continuing to hit in the leadoff spot during his starts, Roberts has said that if anyone can achieve that treacherous feat, it's him. 

“It sounds absurd… but if anyone can do it, he can," Roberts said to the media ahead of Ohtani's start. He adds that Ohtani's mindset and capability of maintaning his two-way agenda could be the difference maker. 

Ohtani's six scoreless innings could more or less be called a preview for what's to come in 2026. To go along with his six scoreless innings, he only gave up one hit and fanned six Guardians.   

With his scoreless outing, he extends his regular-season scoreless innings streak of 22 2/3 innings dating back to Aug. 27 of last season.

That is the longest scorless inning streak of his career. 

The Dodgers' offense was able to draw first blood for the first time this season. 

A pair of singles provided by Will Smith and Teoscar Hernández set up Andy Pages to hit a two-out RBI single. 

Left-handed power hitter Max Muncy put his stamp on the ball in the sixth inning with a 410-foot shot to the Guardians bullpen.

The offense put the final nails in the coffin in the bottom of the eighth as Hernández hit an RBI single that allowed Freddie Freeman to score. Pages followed that up with an RBI single of his own, his second RBI of the night, to extend the Dodgers lead to 4-0. 

The Guardians showed some late life in the top of the ninth by scoring their first run via a Brayan Rocchio RBI single. 

Despite giving up one earned run, Edwin Díaz secured the victory for Los Angeles and split the series at a game apiece. 

Yoshinobu Yamamoto steps onto the rubber on Wednesday in the hopes of back-to-back series wins to open up their season. 

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