Shohei Ohtani’s postseason struggles continue as Dodgers fall to Phillies in Game 3
LOS ANGELES AP Shohei Ohtani remains mired in a postseason hitting funk going for for the Los Angeles Dodgers in their - loss to the Philadelphia Phillies in Battle of the NL Division Series on Wednesday night The Dodgers lead the best-of-five series - despite Ohtani s lack of offense He is for with seven strikeouts in the NLDS I really don t want to comment on that because I mean he can explode at any time Phillies manager Rob Thomson stated He s that great of a hitter But we have pitched him well The two-way superstar hasn t looked like the designated hitter who hit home runs and had runs scored both franchise records in the regular season His homers were second in the National League behind Philadelphia s Kyle Schwarber who had two drives to break out of a slump Wednesday Ohtani struck out once grounded out and flied out three times Wednesday The Phillies left-handers have stymied him in particular His decision making hasn t been good manager Dave Roberts noted On the mound Ohtani pitched six strong innings in the Dodgers Championship mastery on the road It was the third-most strikeouts by a Dodger in their postseason pitching debut Roberts has stated Ohtani would start a deciding Meeting in Philadelphia on Saturday if the series goes the distance AP MLB https apnews com hub MLB Source
