LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani had three extra-base hits in the first five innings of Game 3 of the World Series on Monday night, including his seventh homer this postseason.

Ohtani led off Game 3 with a ground-rule double to right field. He followed with a solo homer to right in the third inning off Toronto starter Max Scherzer and added an RBI double in the fifth off reliever Mason Fluharty during the Dodgers' tying rally.

Only one player in baseball history has had four extra-base hits in a World Series game, and it was 119 years ago: Frank Isbell had four doubles for the Chicago White Sox in Game 5 in 1906 against the Chicago Cubs.

Ohtani put on a spectacular show for the Los Angeles fans who definitely “need” him, posting his second three-hit game of the postseason in his first g

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