Shohei Ohtani Set An Unbreakable Record: Here’s How He Reached Base 9 Times In Game 3

Shohei Ohtani's early profession pinch nan Los Angeles Angels was summed up perfectly by a 2021 tweet astir nan fictitious "Tungsten Arm" O'Doyle. The premise of nan joke being Ohtani was accomplishing obscure, but unthinkable feats that hadn't happened successful a shot crippled since nan early days of nan sport. And he was doing it alongside an arsenic awesome Mike Trout successful comparative obscurity pinch nan Angels. Some wondered whether he could perchance do it connected a large shape and gain nan $700 cardinal nan Dodgers gave him successful free agency successful 2023.

It turns retired nan reply to that mobility is simply a resounding yes. In 2024 he deed a career-high 54 location runs and led shot successful runs scored, RBI, OBP, SLG and OPS arsenic he won his 3rd MVP successful 4 seasons. Then he homered successful his first profession playoff crippled and played done wounded to thief nan Dodgers triumph nan World Series successful his first play pinch nan club.

This twelvemonth he someway sewage better. He deed a caller career-high of 55 location runs and he started pitching again. He started Game 4 of nan National League Championship Series, threw six shutout innings and struck retired 10 batters and he deed 3 location runs. No 1 had ever done it before. No 1 will ever do it again.

What different "Tungsten Arm" O'Doyle-esque accomplishment could he perchance execute during this postseason?

Would you judge he reached guidelines 9 times successful a azygous game?

That's precisely what Ohtani did successful Game 3 of nan 2025 World Series. He tied nan all-time grounds for astir times connected guidelines successful a crippled successful regular play aliases postseason play. No 1 had reached guidelines 9 times successful 1 crippled since Stan Hack successful 1942. Before that it was Johnny Burnett successful 1932 and nan first personification to ever do it was Max Carey successful 1922.

And nary 1 has ever done it successful nan postseason. Or travel close. No subordinate has ever reached guidelines much than six times successful a azygous postseason game.

In fact, only 84 players had reached guidelines five times successful a azygous postseason game. And conscionable 3 players had reached guidelines six times, including Kenny Lofton successful nan 1995 World Series, Stan Hack successful nan 1945 World Series and Kerry Carpenter successful nan Tigers-Mariners 15-inning classic earlier this postseason.

Last nighttime Ohtani reached nine times. Here's really he did it.

First Inning Double

Max Scherzer has won 2 World Series and 3 Cy Young awards. Ohtani ripped nan 2nd transportation he saw from him down nan statement for a ground-rule double. He would beryllium stranded connected second, but a historical nighttime had begun.

Third Inning Home Run

The Dodgers had a 1-0 lead erstwhile Ohtani faced Scherzer successful nan 3rd inning. Ohtani took a ball, swung astatine 2 strikes and past fouled disconnected 2 much pitches earlier he deed his first location tally of nan night. He celebrated pinch an epic bat flip while Justin Bieber gave him a thumbs down.

Fifth Inning Double

The Blue Jays took a 4-2 lead successful nan 4th inning. Facing a afloat count successful nan bottommost of nan 5th Ohtani deed his 2nd double of nan crippled and drove successful Enrique Hernández to trim nan lead successful half.

Seventh Inning Home Run

Down 1 pinch 1 retired successful nan bottommost of nan seventh inning Ohtani deed nan first transportation he saw from Seranthony Dominguez into nan stands to necktie nan game. It was his 4th other guidelines deed of nan crippled which is thing that hadn't been done successful nan postseason since 1906.

International Walking to History

After 2 doubles and 2 location runs nan Blue Jays had yet had capable and started stepping Ohtani. He was put connected without seeing a transportation successful nan ninth, 11th, 13th and 15th earlier Brendon Little threw him 4 consecutive balls successful nan 17th.

A subordinate had only reached guidelines 5 times successful a azygous postseason crippled 88 times successful nan history of shot and he did it pinch walks from nan ninth inning connected past nighttime aft going 4-for-4.

There is nary measurement to talk this without admitting it makes nary sense.

Aaron Judge led MLB successful intentional walks this play pinch 36. Ohtani was walked 4 times successful 1 postseason game.

Barry Bonds remains nan golden modular for being intentionally walked pinch 688 successful his career. He was intentionally walked a grounds 120 times successful 2004. He was intentionally walked a full of 21 times successful 48 profession postseason games, including 13 times successful nan 2002 playoffs. The Angels walked him 7 times successful nan World Series, including three times successful Game 4.

Ohtani conscionable sewage intentionally walked 4 times in other innings.

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