Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani played two distinctly unprecedented games in MLB history in the same game

Shohei Ohtani put together two first-of-their-kind postseason performances, separated into nine-inning segments, in the same game.

That's how special the Los Angeles Dodgers' two-way superstar is. Give him an 18-inning game, and he'll just make twice the MLB history.

This framing of Ohtani's night in the historic L.A. win comes via the great statistician on X, @JayHayKid. He writes, "Shohei Ohtani literally had two distinct unprecedented games within one game."

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Here's how that breaks down.

In Ohtani's first four plate appearances, he doubled twice and homered twice. There had never been a game in postseason history before in which a player hit two home runs and two doubles, until this one.

Ohtani had five more plate appearances after that, and he walked five times (four of them intentional). He became the first player in World Series history with five walks in a game.

And because this night would never end, Ohtani did it all in the same baseball game, making it a double whammy of impossibility.

Ohtani reached base nine times in all, which ties the MLB record for any game, not just the postseason.

His second homer tied the game at 5-apiece and sent the night on to its journey to 18 innings, tied for the longest World Series game ever.

Freddie Freeman stole the final headline with his walk-off home run, although Ohtani may have ended it himself earlier if not for all those intentional walks. Who could blame the Blue Jays? Ohtani looked unstoppable.

In Ohtani's last two home games, he has taken his game to new heights (Game 4 of the NLCS included, with six innings pitched, 10 strikeouts and three home runs). They have a case as the two greatest games ever, and almost certainly true in the playoffs. And he did it the last two times he took to the Dodger Stadium field.

That may not be great news for Toronto. Game 4 is back in Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night, only about 18 hours from when the last one ended.

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