Ohtani's NLCS starting pitching assignment for Dodgers won't come until Game 4

MILWAUKEE — Shohei Ohtani’s first NL Championship Series mound appearance for the Dodgers won’t come until Game 4 in Los Angeles on Friday.

Tyler Glasnow will start Game 3 and Ohtani will work Game 4, manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday, a day after his team beat Milwaukee 2-1 in the opener..

Ohtani made his postseason pitching debut Oct. 4 and allowed three runs over six innings for a 5-3 win over Philadelphia in the first game of the NL Division Series.

“Shohei has been fine with rest,” Roberts said. “(This) potentially lines him up if we need a Game 7 out of the 'pen. Game 3, we feel that Tyler is on regular rest, so it kind of lines him up as well. So just kind of all these things just made sense.”

Roberts said before the NLCS that delaying Ohtani’s pitching performance had nothing t