What of Shohei Ohtani on Monday, October 27, in what was Game 3 of the World Series between Toronto Blue Jays y Los Angeles Dodgerswent down in history. His great moment with wood in hand made him one of the most emblematic figures in that instance after hitting a total of four extra-base hits in the same challenge.
«Show-Time» ended the match in a spectacular way despite the fact that in the strategy of John Schneider to preserve the result, led him to give him five tickets (four of them were intentional). But let’s not get ahead of ourselves, since in his first turns he was the architect of the reaction of his team, who gradually came back.
The Japanese’s first opportunity of the night came at the conclusion of the first, facing the always complicated Max Scherzer. A curve in the area of greatest contact was deposited along the entire right line, enough to claim his first double of the season. MLB Postseason. Despite his efforts, he could not touch the register after his teammates gave up the three outs.
Shohei Ohtani homers and extends Dodgers lead
To close the third inning, the Japanese player deciphered his opponent by taking a fastball from the inside of the infield that he pulled hard and catapulted to the right field stands at Dodger Stadium, which became his seventh homer of Octoberto extend the episode to 2×0. According to Statcast, the connection fell to 389 feet with an exit velocity of 101.5 MPH.
As far as the fifth in its lower part is concerned, Los Dodgers They were on the ropes in the result (4×2), but the power of Ohtani He prevailed once again, after splicing a broken delivery that he elevated between the left and the center, directing his teammate to the register with the little line that cut the difference through his second tubey. Later, he scored thanks to a single from Freddie Freeman.
When fatigue was on the shoulders of the players, Shohei Ohtani He decided to light the party at the twilight of the seventh. The Dominican Seranthony Dominguez He tried to confront him with a fastball in the same middle, which sounded on the opposite side, thus being his second homer of the game and which also tied the actions at five runs.
From then on, he did not stretch his arms again, as he received five walks, four of them were intentional. The check OptaSTATS reveals to us that this is the first time in history that a player has such an amount, whether in a regular or postseason game. Likewise, in the history of MLB only three players reached base nine times in a game and in the regular season: Max Carey (1922), Johnny Burnett (1933) and Stan Hack (1942). The Postseason record was six and was shared by Stan Hack (1945), Kenny Lofton (1995) and Kerry Carpenter (2025).
Shohei Ohtani He left the game with two home runs, two doubles, three RBIs, three runs scored and five walks in nine visits to the batter’s box.
He broke all kinds of records
What more can we say about the two-way athlete? Well, he became the first player in history with three multi-homer games in the same Postseason. Also, tied for third place with Reggie Jackson y Babe Ruth (he did it twice) as the player with the most total bases (12) in a World Series game.
Finally, Ohtani He is the Japanese player with the highest number of home runs (11) in the October festival, breaking the record he held Hideki Matsui (10).
- Shohei Ohtani, 11
- Hideki Matsui, 10
- Seiya Suzuki, 3
- So Taguchi, 2
- Tadahito Iguchi, 1
- Akinori Iwamura, 1
- Kazou Matsui, 1
- Dave Roberts, 1
- Ichiro Suzuki, 1
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