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By Valentina Martinez
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The Los Angeles Dodgers announced two-way star Shohei Ohtani's 12 total bases in Monday's Game 3 are a franchise World Series record.
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Ohtani hit his second home run of the night in the seventh inning to tie the matchup at five against the Toronto Blue Jays. The Dodgers superstar is 4-for-4 with two doubles thus far in World Series Game 3.
Moreover, Ohtani is the only player in postseason history with at least one pitching start and multiple home runs in a single postseason. Ohtani and Babe Ruth are the only players with multiple pitching starts and more than two home runs hit in their postseason careers.
Ruth has 15 home runs and three games started, while Ohtani has 11 home runs and two starts in the playoffs.
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Ohtani's last seven at-bats at Dodger Stadium have included five home runs and two doubles. While Ohtani's heroics at the plate have been nothing short of spectacular, he is set to start Game 4 of the World Series on the mound.
The Dodgers two-way star displayed his greatness in the National League Championship Series, a performance that featured three home runs and six scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts from Ohtani.
Ahead of Ohtani's NLCS Game 4 performance, he had struggled mightily at the plate.
Nevertheless, Ohtani's postseason slump seems behind him as he continued to make history in Game 3 Monday night at Dodger Stadium.
"I do feel better at the plate recently, so in that sense, it's been good overall," Ohtani said earlier in the series.
Games 4 and 5 of the Fall Classic will be played at Dodger Stadium, and if need be, the series will head back to Toronto for Games 6 and 7. Ohtani will take the mound and serve as the Dodgers' designated hitter Tuesday at Chavez Ravine, and there's no telling what the two-way star will do.
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