Shohei Ohtani's Second Home Run Of Game 3 Sets Mlb History Not Seen In Over 100 Years

Another day, different opportunity for Shohei Ohtani to wow america all.

Already 1 of nan champion players shot has ever seen, nan two-way superstar continues to put connected a show successful nan postseason. In Game 3 of nan World Series Monday, he deed a third-inning location run to springiness nan Dodgers a 2–0 lead. The 389-foot solo changeable was his seventh homer of nan postseason, but he wasn't done for nan night.

As nan Blue Jays clawed backmost acknowledgment to a three-run blast from Alejandro Kirk and an RBI azygous from Bo Bichette that brought Vladimir Guerrero Jr. each nan measurement astir from first, Ohtani recovered himself pinch an opportunity to necktie nan crippled successful nan seventh. He did conscionable that, pinch a monster 401-foot homer to near halfway section for his 2nd heavy changeable of nan nighttime and eighth of nan postseason.

He ties Corey Seager for nan astir location runs successful a azygous postseason successful franchise history. Teoscar Hernández opened up nan scoring pinch his ain solo changeable Monday, which made Hernández and Ohtani nan first brace of Dodgers teammates to each deed 5 homers successful a azygous postseason.

Ohtani went 4-for-4 pinch 2 doubles successful summation to nan homers, which made him nan 2nd subordinate successful history pinch 4 extra-base hits successful a World Series crippled and nan first since 1906 erstwhile Frank Isbell of nan White Sox accomplished nan feat, according to ESPN's Jesse Rogers.

The past crippled he played astatine Dodger Stadium was nan incredible 10-strikeout, three-homer capacity to adjacent retired nan Brewers successful Game 4 of nan National League Championship Series. That makes Ohtani 7-for-7 pinch 5 location runs and 2 doubles successful his past 7 at-bats astatine home.

We're witnessing greatness successful existent time.

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