Ohtaniās towering, no-doubt, three-run moonshot in the eighth inning of the Dodgers' 8-0 win in Game 3 of the NLCS on Wednesday soared right over the Citi Field right-field foul pole and into the history books.
Before that moment, nobody had ever tallied 17 hits in any span of 20 at-bats with runners in scoring position -- regular season and postseason. It was a Dodger whoād come closest. Frank Howard had a pair of 16-for-19 sprees for the Dodgers in 1962.
Now along comes Ohtani, who founded the 50-homer, 50-stolen base club in his first regular season with the Dodgers and yet has been the subject of chatter in this postseason because of his extreme splits. Going into Game 3, he was 4-for-5 with a homer and a pair of walks with runners in scoring position in this postseason, 6-for-8 with a homer and three walks with runners on base -- and 0-for-19 with the bases empty.
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