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Putting Shohei Ohtani’s Record-Shattering NLCS Game 4 Performance In Perspective

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Putting Shohei Ohtani’s Record-Shattering NLCS Game 4 Performance In Perspective

Professional sports is all about context with a bit of pageantry dropped in for added drama.

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani rewrote the MLB recordbooks with his Game 4 performance over the Milwaukee Brewers.

He was practically perfect in both of his positions: defensively as the starting pitcher and offensively as a hitter.

Shohei Ohtani NLCS Game 4 Statistics

Ohtani continued the Dodgers plotline of consistent starting pitching with a six inning 10 strike-out outing, giving up two hits and no earned runs.

At the plate, he had a hitter’s dream night of going 3 for 3 with 3 homeruns.

In the first inning, he struck out the side before coming to bat and hitting his first homerun.

Ohtani also hit one out of Dodgers Stadium, becoming one of seven players to do so in a MLB game since Dodgers Stadium opened in 1962. The others are: Willie Stargell (who did it two times: 1969 and 1973), Mike Piazza (1997), Mark McGwire (1999), Giancarlo Stanton (2015), Fernando Tatis Jr. (2021), and Kyle Schwarber (2025 NLDS).

Piazza and Ohtani are the only players to do it in a Dodgers uniform.

Rewriting MLB History

26 MLB pitchers have matched Ohtani’s Game 4 performance in postseason history.

12 hitters have hit 3 homeruns in a postseason game including Reggie Jackson against the Dodgers in 1977.

Ohtani becomes the only one to accomplish both and in the same game.

It is truly unbelievable and a legacy-building game for Ohtani.

Making it even more special is the fact that it clinched the Dodgers spot in the 2025 World Series.

Of course, he was named the NLCS MVP.

The Internet Reacts

Spectators of this game will tell their kids and grandkids they saw MLB history.

Some equated Ohtani’s mastery of the game to Babe Ruth.

Others talked about how it transcended baseball and became one of the greatest athletic performances of all time.

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