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Shohei Ohtani just delivered what many are calling the greatest single-game performance in MLB postseason history. Last night at Dodger Stadium, Ohtani led the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers, clinching a four-game sweep in the National League Championship Series and sending the Dodgers back to the World Series. The headlines are blaring: Shohei Ohtani makes MLB history, Dodgers go back-to-back, are we witnessing the best to ever do it? Fox News describes how Ohtani became the first player ever to hit three home runs in a game he pitched in the postseason, and the only one to do so in any playoff game, period. By the seventh inning, Ohtani’s bat had already blasted three epic solo shots traveling a combined 1,342 feet, with the first home run coming off a 79-mile-per-hour slurve and soaring 446 feet into the right-field stands, as MLB.com captured in the highlight reels.
On the mound, Ohtani was dominant, throwing six scoreless innings and notching 10 strikeouts, according to MLB.com and countless video highlights shared widely on social media. ESPN and MLB Network broke down the stats while fans and pundits on X, formerly Twitter, called it "unreal," "surreal," and "the Sho of a lifetime." Even Mookie Betts said, "It’s like the Bulls playing without Jordan sometimes—when Shohei is locked in, no one can beat us," according to Jay Mariotti’s Substack and the Los Angeles Times.
All this comes after a tense two weeks of public scrutiny, with Ohtani mired in a rare postseason slump—just six hits in his first 38 playoff at-bats and open questions about whether pitching and hitting at this level was too much for even him. Sports Illustrated reported on the Dodgers’ internal concerns over injury risks, pitching mechanics, and whether he could ever again recapture both forms simultaneously. True to character, Ohtani stayed cool publicly, quietly taking the first on-field batting practice of the year before Game 3. The Los Angeles Times described teammates watching curiously as he launched home run after home run, a harbinger of what was to come.
When the clinching game finally arrived, Ohtani’s two-way display reminded everyone why the Dodgers paid $700 million for him—and why he’s become baseball’s transcendent icon, with his postseason heroics trending worldwide and fans flocking to TikTok and Instagram to share the moment. As for business and future biographical import, Sports Illustrated notes Ohtani’s historic popularity continues to transform the Dodgers’ global reach, especially in Japan, where his stardom is driving multi-million-dollar sponsorships. After the celebration, Ohtani deflected praise, crediting teammates and focusing on winning four more games. The Dodgers now have a week off before they chase history in the World Series, with Ohtani at the center of the sports universe and no one doubting that, for one October night at least, we witnessed greatness no one has ever seen before. All speculation about injury, fatigue, or burnout has been temporarily silenced—at least until the next headline.
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