Dodgers hit 10 wins first

The Los Angeles Dodgers were the first team in Major League Baseball to reach 10 wins, getting there with a 6-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday, April 11. (mlb.com) That win pushed Los Angeles to 10-3 and kept the Dodgers in first place in the National League West. Baseball-Reference listed the club at 10-3 with 83 runs scored and 48 allowed through 13 games. (baseball-reference.com) The 10th win came one night after Max Muncy hit three home runs, including a walk-off shot, in an 8-7 win over Texas on Friday, April 10. On Saturday, Shohei Ohtani opened the game with a leadoff homer and extended his on-base streak to 45 games. (mlb.com 1) (mlb.com 2) Los Angeles had already shown the same formula in Toronto earlier that week. The Dodgers beat the Blue Jays 14-2 on April 6 and 4-1 on April 7 before dropping the series finale 4-3 on April 8. (mlb.com 1) (mlb.com 2) (baseball-reference.com) The April 6 rout included five Dodgers home runs and Dalton Rushing’s first career four-hit game. The April 7 win came behind Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s six strikeouts in six innings and Edwin Díaz’s three-strikeout save. (mlb.com 1) (mlb.com 2) Early April standings do not decide a division, but they do show how quickly Los Angeles separated from the National League West field. CBS Sports listed the Dodgers at 11-3 on Sunday, April 12, ahead of the San Diego Padres at 9-6 and the Arizona Diamondbacks at 8-7. (cbssports.com) The Dodgers entered 2026 as the two-time defending World Series champions, and the roster that opened this season still runs through Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and a deep pitching staff. Baseball-Reference gave them a 93.3% chance to make the postseason even at the 10-3 mark. (baseball-reference.com) By Sunday, April 12, the milestone had already turned into the next benchmark. Los Angeles had moved from 10-3 to 11-3, but being first to 10 wins was the season’s first clean measure of how fast the Dodgers started. (cbssports.com)