Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani further proved why he is the greatest on Friday night.
The generational player not only pitched six scoreless innings and struck out 10 on Friday night to complete the NLCS sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers, but also launched three home runs (one of which left Dodger Stadium) while doing so.
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Dodgers utility star Kiké Hernandez, who is no stranger to clutch moments in October, spoke on Ohtani's otherworldly performance and how unique a talent he is.
"There's only one person who can do that in the world, and in the history of this game, and it's him," Hernandez said. "He is who he is for a reason, and he showed out tonight."
Fellow superstar teammate Freddie Freeman, and MVP winner and nine-time All-Star, also remarked on Ohtani, alluding that the starting pitcher/designated hitter is a mythical being.
"Sometimes you've got to check yourself and touch him to make sure he's not just made of steel," Freeman said. "Absolutely incredible. Biggest stage, and he goes out and does something like that. It'll probably be remembered as the Shohei Ohtani game."
Although he looked a lot like Superman on Friday night, that wasn't the case in the games preceding NLCS Game 4.
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Ohtani showed glimpses of being human this October, hitting .158 through Game 3 of the NLCS. Despite a solid outing on the mound during Game 1 of the NLDS (nine strikeouts and three earned runs over six innings of work), Ohtani went just 1-for-18 with an RBI against the Philadelphia Phillies during those five games.
As both Hernández and Freeman asserted, Ohtani has quite the gap between him and a mortal man, but there are four more wins the Dodgers need to earn before the storybook season can be complete.