The Los Angeles Dodgers watched global history unfold on Thursday during Game 4 against the Philadelphia Phillies. Roki Sasaki hit a mark never seen before in Japanese lore — a feat not even Shohei Ohtani touched.

Sasaki stepped in and delivered a buzzworthy late game performance in the 2-1 victory. He struck out two batters, forced out five more outs and surrendered zero runs at Chavez Ravine.

Dave Roberts made the bold decision to pull a red-hot Tyler Glasnow and reliever Emmet Sheehan for his rookie during the eighth inning. Now Sasaki etched his name into this record per baseball reporter Francys Romero.

“Roki Sasaki is the first Japan-born pitcher to record three or more hitless innings in relief during a postseason game,” Romero posted on the social media website X, fo

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