A stunning error in the 11th sends the Dodgers to the NL Championship Series.

By MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS

Rafu Sports Editor

The return home to Hokkaido is officially on hold.

Yuto Takashima and his family made the long trip from Japan’s northernmost main island specifically to attend Thursday’s Game 4 of the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium, completely aware before they left home that it might not even be played.

“We arrived yesterday – Wednesday afternoon,” Takashima said while he and his family enjoyed a store-bought salad and snacks they brought to the left-field pavilion. He, his wife and their two young kids sat in the sun-drenched bleachers as the visiting Philadelphia Phillies took batting practice.

The crazy part of this trek is the fact that the Dodgers had los

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