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Dodgers make desperate move with Shohei Ohtani as three-peat is on brink of collapse

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Harris, J. (2026, October 15). Dodgers make desperate move with Shohei Ohtani as three-peat is on brink of collapse. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/15/sports/shohei-ohtani-returns-to-dodgers-leadoff-spot-for-nlcs-game-4/

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🔮 But now, he will spearhead their offense once again, with the Dodgers elect to ride-or-die with the four-time MVP at the top of their lineup.

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🔮 And unless they can become only the second team in MLB history to overcome a 3-0 hole in a best-of-seven series, the way they got there Wednesday will reverberate long into the winter –– serving as the potential death-nail in their modern-day dynasty.

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🔮 It gave the Dodgers’ slumping offense time to finally break through, when Will Smith hit a go-ahead two-run double with the bases loaded in the sixth.

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🔮 Shohei Ohtani was indeed in the Dodgers’ lineup for Game 3 of the National League Championship Series, as manager Dave Roberts confirmed on Tuesday amid speculation that the slugger could be benched.

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🔮 They couldn’t help but remember last year’s NLCS, when Ohtani entered Game 4 in a 3-for-29 slump — then delivered perhaps the greatest individual performance in baseball history, hitting three home runs and striking out 10 batters to complete a pennant-clinching sweep.

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🔮 One big loss, and four ugly at-bats later, however, that previously steadfast plan suddenly seemed capable of changing. Following a 7-4 defeat to the Milwaukee Brewers that put the Dodgers in a two-game hole in their National League Championship Series, manager Dave Roberts told The Athletic that the team would have “a conversation” with Ohtani about his status for Game 3.

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🔮 Zero: The whole Dodgers’ offense –– but especially Shohei Ohtani and Will Smith Really, the 7-4 scoreline in Monday’s Game 2 loss flattered the Dodgers.

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🔮 Yamamoto, despite entering with a five-game playoff win streak and the second-lowest postseason ERA in the last 100 years, couldn’t steady the two-time defending champions. The Brewers, who allowed Yamamoto to throw a complete game against them on the very same mound in Game 2 of last year’s NLCS sweep, turned the tables decisively with long, relentless, unforgiving at-bats.

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🔮 He finally reached base with a walk in the eighth, but it might be time for him to move down in the lineup.

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After moving Shohei Ohtani down in their batting order during his injury-hampered slump this postseason, the Dodgers reversed course with their season on the line in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series. asserted

season → move → Series

For the first time this October, Ohtani returned to his customary leadoff spot in the lineup. asserted

Ohtani → return → lineup

The move comes with the Dodgers facing a three-games-to-none deficit against the Milwaukee Brewers –– and in spite of Ohtani’s .182 batting average (4-for-22) in these playoffs, in which he has also failed to record an extra-base hit or an RBI. asserted

he → come → hit

Previously, those struggles saw him drop to the two-hole, then the Nos. 4, 5 and 6 spots in the previous four games. asserted

him → see → games

But now, he will spearhead their offense once again, with the Dodgers elect to ride-or-die with the four-time MVP at the top of their lineup. asserted

Dodgers → spearhead → lineup

Dodgers make desperate move with Shohei Ohtani as three-peat is on brink of collapse

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