By Rory Carroll

(Reuters) -Shohei Ohtani dug deep after falling behind early in his first postseason start as a pitcher to earn the win against the Phillies, and the effort may have dulled his bat, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said on Sunday.

Ohtani uncharacteristically allowed three runs on the mound and struck out four times, but Los Angeles rallied to beat Philadelphia 5-3 in Game One of the best-of-five NL Division Series.

“On days that Shohei pitches, a large amount of the focus is on the pitching,” Roberts told reporters.

“But last night in particular… trying to weather that three-run inning and stay in there on the pitching side I’m sure had some kind of bleed-in effect on the bat.

“But (Phillies starter Cristopher) Sanchez was really good regardless.”

The Japanese right-hande

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