LOS ANGELES — For the second October in a row, and for the second season in which they have employed Shohei Ohtani, the Los Angeles Dodgers are bound for the World Series. Ohtani carried the club as it claimed the National League pennant with a 5-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers to complete a sweep in the National League Championship Series. Ohtani stole the show on Friday at Dodger Stadium. He swatted three home runs while striking out 10 in six scoreless innings.
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Welcome to the party, Shohei Ohtani
A miserable postseason slump brought something out of Ohtani that Dodgers officials had hardly seen from their two-way superstar in his two seasons in the organization: a visible edge.
The questions about whether his pitching was affecting his hitting didn’t help matters. So, Ohtani took a different approach to breaking out of his offensive drought. He alerted Dodgers hitting coaches Thursday night that he would like to take batting practice on the field, something he had not done
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