Shohei Ohtani makes history and he makes it look easy
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Star, three-time MVP and a World Series champion but even he can still shock the baseball world with his performance on the field. On Friday, Oct. 17, the Los Angeles Dodgers star threw six scoreless innings while striking out 10 batters and hitting three home runs en route to a 5-0 win as the Dodgers swept the Milwaukee Brewers.
Three homers. 10 strikeouts. Six scoreless innings. Ohtani's NLCS Game 4 was the best night of his career, and maybe in all of baseball.
Shohei Ohtani didn't just have the greatest MLB playoff game of all time on Friday when he did it all to help the Los Angeles Dodgers clinch a second straight World Series berth. It was the greatest game of all time. Full stop.
Unsurprisingly, Shohei Ohtani has lots of memorable home runs in the big leagues. He had three of them in NLCS Game 4 against the Brewers on Thursday night. In celebration of Ohtani's momentous game,
The stardust had barely settled over Dodger Stadium before the debate got under way."This is the beginning of every baseball conversation and the end of the debate: Shohei Ohtani is the best baseball player who has ever played the game.
Meanwhile, on the mound, Ohtani just kept stomping on the Brewers. He finished with 10 strikeouts, three walks, two hits allowed and no runs against one of MLB's peskiest lineups. He featured a seven-pitch mix according to Baseball Savant and topped out on that 100.3 mph fastball to Chourio. Even by itself, that's a star-level performance.
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Shohei Ohtani hasn't contributed much to the Los Angeles Dodgers with his bat during their otherwise impressive playoff run to the brink of the World Series.
There's plenty of excitement in Los Angeles as the Dodgers continue their impressive season, keeping alive the dream of defending their MLB title after last year's World Series tri