The game's greatest player turned in maybe the greatest single-game performance in baseball history Friday night. Shohei Ohtani , the singular star of the Dodgers , hit three home runs in his team's pennant-clinching win over the Brewers ( LA 5, MIL 1 ), and also struck out 10 in six shutout innings. It would be cheesy if it were a movie, but it happened in real life.
"That was probably the greatest postseason performance of all time. There's been a lot of postseason games, and there's a reason why he's the greatest player on the planet," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said after the win. "What he did on the mound, what he did at the bat, he created a lot of memories for a lot of people. To do it in a game-clinching game at home, wins the NLCS MVP, pretty special. I'm just happy to