Ohtani makes MLB historical past with 3 HRs, 6 scoreless innings in Sport 4

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Shohei Ohtani did one thing by no means earlier than seen in MLB history Friday night time.

The Japanese phenom hit three house runs and pitched six scoreless innings, main the Dodgers again to the World Collection. Los Angeles completed a sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers within the NL Championship Collection with a 5-1 victory in Sport 4.

Based on MLB.com Ohtani is now the one participant in league historical past to hit a number of house runs in a recreation he pitched. He reached that milestone together with his second homer within the fourth inning and added a 3rd within the seventh. He additionally struck out 10 batters over six scoreless innings.

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Los Angeles Dodgers two-way participant Shohei Ohtani (17) celebrates with third base coach/outfield coach Dino Ebel (91) as he runs house to attain after hitting a solo house run in opposition to the Milwaukee Brewers. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Photographs)

Earlier than Friday, solely 12 MLB gamers in historical past had hit three house runs in a postseason recreation, and simply 26 pitchers had struck out at at the very least 10 with out permitting a run. Now Ohtani is on each these lists and is the one participant to do each in the identical recreation.

Followers and sports activities analysts on social media known as it one of many best performances in baseball historical past, with ESPN and MLB Community highlighting the unprecedented mixture of pitching and hitting dominance.

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Ohtani's Dodgers are the primary workforce to win back-to-back pennants since Philadelphia in 2009. Los Angeles is again within the World Collection for the fifth time in 9 seasons, and it'll try and develop into baseball’s first repeat champs because the New York Yankees gained three straight World Collection from 1998 to 2000.

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Oct 17, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers two-way participant Shohei Ohtani (17) hits a solo house run in opposition to the Milwaukee Brewers through the fourth inning of recreation 4 of the NLCS spherical for the 2025 MLB playoffs at Dodger Stadium. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Imagn Photographs)

Los Angeles can have every week off earlier than the World Collection begins subsequent Friday, both in Toronto or at Dodger Stadium in opposition to Seattle. The Mariners beat the Blue Jays 6-2 earlier Friday to take a 3-2 lead within the ALCS, which continues Sunday on the Rogers Centre.

The Related Press contributed to this report.

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