Regardless of what was said out loud, the expectations that the Dodgers would go through once up 3-0 in the NLCS were much greater than your run-of-the-mill team leading three-zip in a best-of-seven. Beyond the simple but essential final punch of making good on that promise as early as possible, the Dodgers had one primary goal: to get Shohei Ohtani going ahead of what can only be considered a potentially harder match-up in the World Series. Based on that, Game 4 could not have gone any better for the reigning champs vying to be the first team to repeat in the 21st century.

Much was said about the perceived overcautiousness of opposing managers when facing Ohtani this postseason, twice being intentionally walked to load the bases with a future Hall of Famer coming up behind him. As if tak

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