Shohei Ohtani Was So Tired During Game 3 That He Almost Had A Wardrobe Malfunction

Though you whitethorn person forgotten by nan end, considering nan Blue Jays stopped pitching to him for fearfulness of what he mightiness do, Dodgers' supertstar Shohei Ohtani had himself a nighttime for nan grounds books.

In summation to his game-tying homer astatine nan bottommost of nan seventh inning (his 2nd dinger of nan night), Ohtani became nan first subordinate to reach guidelines 9 times successful a postseason game; nan first subordinate since 1906 to grounds 4 extra-base hits successful a World Series game; and nan first subordinate to beryllium intentionally walked a full of 4 times successful a azygous crippled successful MLB postseason history. He besides refused to extremity playing, moreover arsenic he dealt pinch cramps successful his legs, and moreover though he'll beryllium pitching Game 4.

All that to say, you tin understand why Ohtani was beautiful exhausted by nan clip Freddie Freeman sent everybody location with a walk-off location run successful nan bottommost of nan 18th inning.

So exhausted, successful fact, that astatine 1 point, Ohtani exited nan clubhouse wearing nan incorrect hat, per Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci.

"Ohtani kept ducking into nan clubhouse betwixt at-bats to make judge he was hydrated and to dainty his fatigue," Verducci wrote successful a file published Tuesday morning. "At 1 constituent truthful haggard was Ohtani that he returned to nan dugout wearing an alternate cap, 1 pinch a book 'D' alternatively than nan interlocking 'LA.' A coach whispered successful his ear, 'Dude, you’ve sewage nan incorrect hat.' Ohtani spun connected his heels and returned to his locker to get nan due one."

We've each been there—so wiped we grabbed nan incorrect shoes aliases overgarment or, successful this case, hat.

The bully news, though, is that Ohtani was not excessively tired to observe pinch his teammates aft nan Dodgers had yet won. Hopefully, he sewage immoderate remainder and will beryllium fresh to do it each again Tuesday night.

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