LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani hit three home runs and pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning Friday night, putting on a spectacular two-way show for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series.

With 10 strikeouts on the mound and three homers that traveled a combined 1,342 feet at the plate, Ohtani made history in both of his dual roles for the defending champion Dodgers, who returned to the World Series with a 5-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers that completed a four-game sweep.

“I don’t think there’s any better performance in postseason history,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said during his team’s clubhouse celebration.

Ohtani earned the NLCS MVP award almost solely on the strength of this one iconic game.

During the postgame festivities on a

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