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, the Los Angeles Dodgers restored Shohei Ohtani to the top of the batting order for Game 4 of the National League Championship Series on Thursday night.
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Dodgers → restore → night
The Dodgers trailed the Milwaukee Brewers 3-0 in the best-of-seven series, and needed to four straight wins to reach the World Series and keep alive their bid for a third consecutive championship.
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Dodgers → trail → championship
Ohtani batted sixth in a 6-2 loss on Wednesday night, the lowest he’s hit since joining the Dodgers ahead of the 2024 season.
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he → bat → season
He was 1 for 2 with a walk to raise his batting average to .182.
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He → raise → .182
“Just seeing the work the last couple days, I like where his head is at,” manager Dave Roberts said before the game.
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Roberts → see → game
“I liked the at-bats yesterday.
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I → like → bats
Obviously we haven’t performed the way that we’re capable of, so to kind of shake it up a little bit but something that’s of somewhat normalcy that our guys are used to.
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guys → perform → that
Ohtani typically leads off the order but has been dropped lower while struggling with injuries to his left knee and right biceps for the last few months.
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Ohtani → lead → months
Roberts didn’t tell Ohtani about the change before posting the lineup.
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Roberts → tell → lineup
Roberts said Ohtani has given him reasons to believe in the four-time MVP, citing Ohtani staying until 9 p.m. on Tuesday to work on his swing and his improved at-bat quality.
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Ohtani → say → bat
“Baking all that in, I felt absolutely, put him at the top
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I → bake → top
,” he said.
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he → say → ?
“I feel good about him taking five at-bats and giving us our best chance to win and produce runs.”
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him → feel → runs
Roberts tweaked the entire lineup after Wednesday’s loss put the Dodgers on the brink of elimination.
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loss → tweak → elimination
Mookie Betts, who led off in Game 3, was bumped to No. 2, while Freddie Freeman moved to No. 3.
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Freeman → lead → .
Will Smith, whose offensive struggles mirrored Ohtani’s, moved up to fourth from seventh.
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struggles → mirror → seventh
Smith doubled in the sixth inning, when the Dodgers briefly took a 2-1 lead.
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Dodgers → double → lead
“I thought Will took very good at-bats, big hit yesterday,” Roberts said.
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Roberts → think → bats
Kyle Tucker hit fifth, while Teoscar Hernández went from third to sixth.
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Hernández → hit → sixth
Miguel Rojas hit seventh and Andy Pages dropped to eighth from fifth.
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Pages → hit → fifth
Kiké Hernández, who came off the bench in Game 3, hit ninth, with regular third baseman Max Muncy available to come off the bench for Rojas or Kiké Hernández.
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Muncy → come → Rojas
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