The Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB) have regained the lead in the best-of-seven National League Championship Series (NLCS) behind the power of their bottom of the order and a three-run home run from superstar Shohei Ohtani.
The Dodgers defeated the New York Mets 8-0 in Game 3 of the NLCS on Sunday at Citi Field in New York City.
The Dodgers, who took a 2-1 lead in the series, will play Game 4 at 9:10 a.m. on Sunday at the same location.
No. 7 hitter Will Smith, No. 8 Korean Tommy Hyun-Soo Edmon and No. 9 Enrique Hernandez combined for four RBIs in the win.
Ohtani ended the Mets' rally in the eighth inning with a huge three-run homer that landed inside the right-field foul pole.
The Dodgers scored two runs in the second inning on an infield single by Smith and a sacrifice fly by Edmon with runners on second and third after a walk and an error.
In the sixth, two batters later, 파워볼사이트 Edmon singled to right and Hernandez hit a two-run arch to left for a 4-0 lead.
With runners on first and second in the eighth inning after a Smith walk and a Hernandez single, Ohtani hit a huge parabolic shot 121 meters to upper right.
It was Ohtani's second home run of the postseason in seven games after his Game 1 home run in the Division Series against the San Diego Padres.
Max Muncy added a solo shot to center field in the ninth inning.
The Dodgers' mound, which had a 33-inning scoreless streak snapped two days earlier in Game 2 by the Mets' bats, used five pitchers to hold the Mets to just four hits and earn another team shutout.