Dodgers hang fortunes on struggling Shohei Ohtani in NLCS elimination game
· Yahoo Sports
Shohei Ohtani isn’t just playing in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ most important game of the season, two days after he was nearly benched.
Ohtani is batting leadoff on Thursday Oct. 15, in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series, with the Milwaukee Brewers looking to finish off a series sweep at Dodger Stadium.
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Ohtani batted sixth in Game 3 and collected one single in four at-bats, but the Dodgers lost 6-2. The two-time defending National League MVP is struggling this postseason, with a .182/.333/.182 slash line in seven games.
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The Brewers are looking to punch their ticket to the World Series for the first time since 1982. Left-handed pitcher Shane Drohan is expected to start a bullpen game, so Dodgers manager Dave Roberts would have been forgiven for stacking right-handed hitters at the top of his lineup.
Instead, he stacked them at the bottom, with third baseman Kiké Hernández and second baseman Miguel Rojas getting the start over left-handed hitter Max Muncy and switch hitter Tommy Edman, respectively.
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