The Los Angeles Dodgers have their hitters locked in and ready for Game 7, but this time they made a small tweak to the batting order ahead of their matchup with the Toronto Blue Jays, mainly because Shohei Ohtani will be on the mound.

Even though Ohtani is pitching, the Dodgers still listed him at the top of the batting order as a designated hitter option in case they need his bat to do damage from the plate. Max Muncy also moves slightly up in the order, now hitting ahead of Teoscar Hernández.

It’s part of manager Dave Roberts’ strategy, one that’s hard to question, but Muncy is hitting just .125 in the World Series against Toronto, while Hernández owns a .269 average. It appears Roberts is managing the lineup to maximize matchups against Max Scherzer.

Dodgers’ confirmed batting order

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