By Harshit | October 18, 2025 | Los Angeles | 6:15 AM EDT
A Night for the Ages at Dodger Stadium
LOS ANGELES — History was made under the lights of Dodger Stadium on Friday night as Shohei Ohtani produced what many are calling the single greatest performance in baseball history. In front of 52,883 roaring fans, Ohtani hit three home runs, struck out 10 batters, and pitched six shutout innings, propelling the Los Angeles Dodgers to victory and a spot in the 2025 World Series.
When the final out was recorded, the Dodgers players stormed the field, spraying champagne and sliding across the soaked tarp. Amid the celebrations, one truth echoed through the clubhouse — they had just witnessed something beyond comprehension.
“What we witnessed was the single greatest game by a baseball player in the history of baseball,” said third baseman Max Muncy.
Outfielder Teoscar Hernández went even further: “It was the greatest game by a human.”
The Shohei Ohtani Game
From the very first pitch, Ohtani seemed untouchable. He struck out 10 Milwaukee Brewers over six scoreless innings, allowing just two hits. But it was his offensive fireworks that stole the night.
Ohtani became the first player ever to hit three home runs and strike out 10 batters in the same game — postseason or otherwise. Each swing electrified the crowd, and each inning on the mound deepened the legend.
“This is a performance that I’ve just never seen,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “There’s a reason why he’s the greatest player on the planet.”
First baseman Freddie Freeman marveled at his teammate’s seemingly superhuman effort: “Sometimes you’ve got to check yourself and touch him to make sure he’s not made of steel. Absolutely incredible. It’ll probably be remembered as The Shohei Ohtani Game.”
The Longest Home Run Ever?
Ohtani’s second homer — a fourth-inning blast that sailed into the right-field pavilion — was officially measured at 469 feet, though teammates swear it traveled much farther.
“That’s the farthest ball I’ve ever seen hit,” Muncy said. “I don’t care what Statcast says. That was easily over 500 feet.”
Shortstop Mookie Betts described the moment simply: “That one kind of took everyone’s breath away.”
Even Dodgers reliever Anthony Banda said the bullpen lost sight of the ball. “We thought it left the stadium. We never even saw it land.”
The Greatest Postseason Performance Ever
By the time Ohtani exited the mound after six innings, having given up only one hit, the Dodgers had a commanding lead. But Ohtani wasn’t done.
Returning to the plate in the seventh, he crushed a 98.9 mph fastball from Brewers closer Trevor Megill over the center-field fence, completing his three-homer masterpiece and sending Dodger Stadium into chaos.
Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman called it “the greatest postseason performance in the game ever.”
“Through four innings, I said to our group, ‘This is the greatest four innings ever played in postseason history,’” Friedman recalled. “Then he hits another home run. There’s no question it was the greatest performance ever.”
Toward a Historic Repeat
With the win, the Dodgers clinched the National League Championship Series, setting up a World Series showdown with either the Toronto Blue Jays or Seattle Mariners.
It also positions Los Angeles to become the first National League team in 49 years to win back-to-back World Series titles — a feat last accomplished by the 1976 Cincinnati Reds.
“Before this season, they said we were ruining baseball,” Roberts said on stage, holding the championship trophy high. “Let’s get four more wins and really ruin baseball.”
For now, all of Los Angeles — and the baseball world — can only marvel at what it just witnessed. The legend of Shohei Ohtani continues to grow, and October 10, 2025, will forever be remembered as the night he did the impossible.
