{"id":115734,"date":"2024-10-18T23:33:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T16:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115734"},"modified":"2024-10-18T23:33:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T16:33:04","slug":"shohei-ohtani-homers-to-lead-off-nlcs-game-4-for-dodgers-against-mets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115734","title":{"rendered":"Shohei Ohtani homers to lead off NLCS Game 4 for Dodgers against Mets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Shohei Ohtani made his point.<\/p>\n<p>After Ohtani helped cap the Los Angeles Dodgers\u2019 Game 3 win in the NL Championship Series with a three-run, eighth-inning homer, teammate Freddie Freeman gave the Japanese star what sounded like some good-natured ribbing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFreddie talked to me to make sure that I joined the party earlier than later,\u201d Ohtani said through an interpreter.<\/p>\n<p>So after <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/video\/field-view-shohei-ohtani-s-leadoff-homer?partnerId=web_video-playback-page_video-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ohtani drove Jose Quintana\u2019s second pitch into the New York Mets bullpen<\/a><\/span> in right-center field in Game 4, Ohtani aimed a finger at the Los Angeles dugout as he left the batter\u2019s box.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was able to do that this time in my first at-bat,\u201d he said Thursday night after a <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mlb-playoffs-dodgers-mets-ohtani-b74016de46665008a9cc927a14d21f75\">10-2 victory<\/a><\/span> gave the Dodgers a 3-1 series lead and moved then one win from a World Series trip.<\/p>\n<p>Ohtani took Quintana\u2019s first pitch for a ball, then drove a sinker over the middle of the plate 422 feet for his third postseason homer. The likely NL MVP began the night 0 for 22 in the postseason when batting with nobody on base and 7 for 9 with two homers and eight RBIs when hitting with runners aboard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it was bigger for Sho just getting a hit with no one on base,\u201d teammate Max Muncy said. \u201cPretty wild numbers.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Ohtani hit the seventh leadoff homer in Dodgers postseason history. He also walked three times and scored four runs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just has a superpower that you and me can\u2019t do,\u201d teammate Mookie Betts said this week.<\/p>\n<p>The 117.8 mph drive was the third-hardest-hit postseason home run since Statcast started tracking in 2015, after Philadelphia\u2019s Kyle Schwarber in last year\u2019s NLCS (119.7 mph) and the New York Yankees\u2019 Giancarlo Stanton in a 2020 AL Division Series (118.3 mph).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t even hit the ball that hard with an aluminum bat and Shohei is doing it,\u201d Freeman said.<\/p>\n<p>Quintana hadn\u2019t allowed a home run in his previous eight starts since Aug. 20.<\/p>\n<p>Ohtani\u2019s postseason stats are rather muted by his standards: a .235 average, three homers, nine RBIs, nine walks and no stolen bases.<\/p>\n<p>He led the NL with 54 homers and 130 RBIs in his first season with the Dodgers after signing a record <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/shohei-ohtani-dodgers-6cc91eb10170fcda38b4db7da0bee4fd\">$700 million, 10-year contract<\/a><\/span> and stole 54 bases to become the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/f8141d695112175fc2b695a0e9e748d9\">first 50-homer, 50-steal player<\/a><\/span>. Still recovering from <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/shohei-ohtani-elbow-surgery-f05408238a4e8389ec500b52bec38154\">elbow surgery in September 2023<\/a><\/span>, the two-way star isn\u2019t pitching this year.<\/p>\n<p>Last week\u2019s <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mlb-playoffs-dodgers-padres-f0778cdc5ff2250641336fbe6c8d3f0c\">decisive fifth game win over San Diego in the Division Series<\/a><\/span> was the most-watched Major League Baseball postseason game on record in Japan, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mlb-playoffs-japan-ohtani-yamamoto-darvish-b30ddfd02bde995816e55e8c163a9427\">averaging an estimated 12.9 million viewers<\/a><\/span>, according to MLB.<\/p>\n<p>Ohtani\u2019s latest home run was hit at just after 9 a.m. Tokyo time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure it\u2019s not easy for the people in Japan to be able to watch these games because of the time difference.\u201d Ohtani said.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>AP MLB: <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mlb-playoffs-ohtani-dodgers-f61356b31bf462f3627490997d6d95dc\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Shohei Ohtani made his point. 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