Meanwhile, on the mound, Ohtani just kept stomping on the Brewers. He finished with 10 strikeouts, three walks, two hits allowed and zero runs against one of MLB's peskiest lineups. He featured a seven-pitch mix, according to Baseball Savant, and topped out on that 100.3-mph fastball to Chourio. Even by itself, that's a star-level performance.

Snell's .622 WPA showing from his Game 1 masterpiece against Milwaukee is easily the best score from any player so far this postseason. Whereas Ohtani's two-way brilliance in the clincher of that series came in a mostly one-sided game, Snell's 90 game score over eight innings was posted in a more intense context.

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In the first inning of Game 4 of the NLCS against the Milwaukee Brewers, Ohtani took the mound for his second career postseason start and worked around a leadoff walk with three straight strikeouts against the most dangerous part of the Dodgers lineup.

1. Ohtani’s three-homer, 10-strikeout game: Shohei Ohtani hit 1,342 feet of home runs while dominating the Brewers with 10 strikeouts in six shutout innings Friday night in the Dodgers’ NLCS-clinching win. As Mookie Betts said, no one else could do that.

Alas, the ball was never caught, as it grazed the wall between Frelick bobbles, making it a force play at home. And somehow, the Brewers made 8-6-2 from about 400 feet away a reality, Hernández sliding in just late as William Contreras recognized the situation and stretched like a first baseman to ensure the out.

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MLB writer Rob Parker slammed Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts on MLB Now over his decision to pull starting pitcher Blake Snell in Game 1 of the NLCS.