Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani extended his regular-season on-base streak to 44 consecutive games with a single in the fifth inning on Friday. The streak is the longest active on-base streak in Major League Baseball and the third-longest in the history of the Dodgers' Los Angeles franchise.

In Friday's game, Ohtani recorded a single in the fifth inning to keep the streak alive. He also drew an intentional walk in the eighth inning, reaching base twice on the night.

The on-base streak reached 43 consecutive games on Wednesday, when Ohtani drew a walk in his first at-bat to extend the run. Two days later, on Friday, he pushed it to 44 games with the fifth-inning single.

In reaching the 44-game mark, Ohtani broke Ichiro Suzuki's record for the longest consecutive on-base streak by a Japanese-born player in Major League Baseball history. That record had been set in 2009 while Suzuki was playing for the Seattle Mariners.

The streak has also placed Ohtani in elite company within the Dodgers organization. At 44 consecutive games reaching base, the run ranks as the third-longest in the franchise's Los Angeles era. Ohtani has reached base through a combination of hits, walks, and hit-by-pitches over the course of the streak.

On the season, Ohtani carried a .265 batting average with an .875 on-base plus slugging percentage. The Dodgers held a 10-3 record at that point in the season.