Star colleague Kristjan Lautens has already laid out what made Shohei Ohtani’s performance last night so special — Ohtani tied the major league record by getting on-base nine times, and became the first player since World War II to do so. The last time Ohtani was the starting pitcher for a game, as he is tonight, he also broke records.

Some called it the greatest single-game performance in baseball history.

Ohtani hit three home runs — including one hit 446 feet and another smashed 469 feet — pitched six scoreless innings, struck out 10 and won the NLCS MVP award, all while helping the Dodgers book a trip back to the World Series for the second year in a row and the fifth time in the last nine seasons.

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