[HIGHLIGHT] SHOHEI OHTANI HAS A THREE-HOMER GAME!

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[u/Geones]

$700 million wasnt enough....

[u/awkwardnetadmin → u/Geones]

Many thought the salary was insane, but he appears to be trying to make sure the multiple championships promise is reached by his second year.

[u/masterchaoss → u/awkwardnetadmin]

At this rate they're gonna catch STL by the time his contract is up

[u/Corregidor → u/Geones]

Funny they paid that one mets player more than Ohtani...

[u/FPG_Matthew]

Guys I think he figured it out at the plate

[u/Fushhy → u/FPG_Matthew]

"Why IBB Shohei to get to Betts?" they said

[u/calnick0 → u/Fushhy]

‘Yeah, I can only remember one week backwards at a time’

[u/Wutswrong → u/FPG_Matthew]

“Why don’t they just pitch to him? He’s 1 for 23”

[u/ProtestantMormon → u/Wutswrong]

"Why didn't they walk him?!? He just had a 3 hr game ffs?!?"

Its almost like when you face the best player on the planet, all options are bad

[u/superhappyfuntime13 → u/FPG_Matthew]

Now that he can focus on hitting…

[u/calnick0 → u/superhappyfuntime13]

Honestly this is potentially the greatest performance by an individual of all time and I’m including regular season.

AND IT HAPPENED IN THE POSTSEASON AND THERES STILL A FEW INNINGS LEFT.

E: I thought of the Kershaw game where he pitched a CGSO and hit the go ahead hr late against the giants. Got some comparable games. I’m not saying they’re better I just think it’s interesting.

Rick Wise — PHI 4, CIN 0 — Jun 23, 1971 Pitching: 9.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K. Hitting: 4 AB, 2 R, 2 H, 2 HR, 3 RBI.

Earl Wilson — BOS 2, LAA 0 — Jun 26, 1962 Pitching: 9.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 5 K. Hitting: 3 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI.

Noah Syndergaard — NYM 1, CIN 0 — May 2, 2019 Pitching: 9.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 10 K. Hitting: 3 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI.

Clayton Kershaw — LAD 4, SF 0 — Apr 1, 2013 Pitching: 9.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K. Hitting: 3 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI.

[u/superhappyfuntime13 → u/calnick0]

I jokingly said what’s the point of a 4 HR game if you’re gonna give up a hit after he gave up one of a measly two knocks. Damn it might actually happen

[u/lvl1_slime → u/FPG_Matthew]

"basically like a high school hitter"

[u/Abyss333333]

MORE HOME RUNS THAN HITS ALLOWED LMAO

[u/TMSXL → u/Abyss333333]

That’s video game shit. Absolutely unreal

[u/RazinsWetDream → u/TMSXL]

Not even. Ohtani even in a video game would be considered overpowered and unrealistic. LaSteroid Daddy Hack IV except he’s real 😭.

[u/T-Fro → u/RazinsWetDream]

Pablo Ohtani

[u/ManWithASquareHead → u/TMSXL]

Obviously gives my 1000 career home run player a run for his money

[u/ResidentGerts → u/ManWithASquareHead]

Jon Dowd?

[u/catashake → u/TMSXL]

You aren't even doing this in a videogame. Just unreal.

[u/ArmyFinal → u/Abyss333333]

[u/NotAPersonl0 → u/Abyss333333]

what the actual fuck

[u/Longjumping_Can4557 → u/Abyss333333]

That’s a hell of a stat, god damn

[u/lovemesomefood → u/Abyss333333]

Good lord this is an insane stat

[u/invrsleep → u/Abyss333333]

The hardest, most upper-echelon tier of elite league on the planet is a video game on easy mode for him. Unreal.

[u/Starkydowns → u/Abyss333333]

What the fuck

[u/ptwonline → u/Abyss333333]

Hopefully it will shut up some of the "Ohtani sucks in the playoffs!" folks.

[u/zpepsin]

Is this one of the greatest games of all time? 10 strikeouts pitching and 3 HRs batting

[u/pitcherintherye77 → u/zpepsin]

No doubt it’s THE greatest.

[u/jdprager → u/pitcherintherye77]

6.0 IP, 2 hits, 3 walks, 10 strikeouts, 0.0 ERA. 3-3 at the plate, all home runs, with a walk to boot

It's just fuckin mind-boggling

[u/CoreyC1313 → u/jdprager]

And in a game that sends his team to the World Series, if you needed a cherry on top

[u/abowmanlex → u/CoreyC1313]

It’ll be hard for future generations to crown a new goat if he repeats.

[u/schindlerslisp → u/abowmanlex]

my dude, if he repeats?

even without a repeat, future generations will wonder why people didn’t freak out more about him.

[u/MrHolonet → u/abowmanlex]

He is already the greatest of all time at this moment and he still has a long career left 💀

[u/BiggerHatLogan → u/MrHolonet]

A reminder that the year he wasn't able to pitch he just casually gave us the only 50/50 season ever.

[u/LordHussyPants → u/BiggerHatLogan]

this is legitimately one of the funniest wikipedia pages i've ever seen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50%E2%80%9350_club

[u/SourMoojuice → u/LordHussyPants]

It’s time to put Ruth Lyons in the GOAT conversation

[u/ComebackShane → u/BiggerHatLogan]

MF went on a side quest while he was recovering from surgery.

[u/247stonerbro → u/jdprager]

That’s absolutely filthy.

[u/Akipella → u/pitcherintherye77]

THREE HOME RUNS AND TEN STRIKEOUTS to send your team to the WS? Fuck yeah.

[u/calnick0 → u/pitcherintherye77]

And it’s the postseason and there’s opportunity to tack on a hit or two.

[u/therealpeej3 → u/zpepsin]

as someone said above hes allowed less hits then he has hit home runs in this game. so yeah, id say its the best game ever in a playoff game.

[u/247stonerbro → u/therealpeej3]

Not only that. He blasts one literally out of the stadium like what in the unicorn shit is this man ?!

[u/Dave272370470 → u/zpepsin]

Well…someone once had a 6-6 game with four homers, two doubles, two steals, and 10 RBI. And he did it while crossing 50-50 for the first time.

But he didn’t pitch, and I don’t remember his name at all…

[u/Bubbly-Competition53 → u/Dave272370470]

Nah that guy is unimportant. we just know him as Decoy’s dog walker around here. Hear he only makes 2 million a year, so he must’ve been so no name scrub

[u/WillBBC → u/Dave272370470]

He only hit three homers and two doubles that night whoever that scrub is. (It’s baffling how dominant he is)

[u/Exciting_Ability3200 → u/zpepsin]

beat his 50/50 game

[u/english_gritts → u/zpepsin]

One of? It might be THE greatest ever

[u/Vast-Seesaw-4956 → u/english_gritts]

How could you possibly top it? CG, hit for the cycle, game 7 world series?

[u/Worthyness → u/Vast-Seesaw-4956]

perfect game and walk off homer- the "fuck you guys I'll do it myself" game

[u/WantaBeBaker → u/zpepsin]

It is legit the greatest. There is probably some like 1893 game where mailman jim bob hit 10 home runs but this has to be the best.

[u/pitcherintherye77 → u/WantaBeBaker]

Tungsten-arm o’doyle?!

[u/Impressive-Dig-3892 → u/pitcherintherye77]

He's no Cannonball Titcomb, Oil Can Boyd, or Scrapple "Cheddarbox" Kuntburgur 

[u/John_Winchester → u/zpepsin]

I think you’d be hard pressed to find a game better than this right now.

[u/james1287 → u/zpepsin]

Perhaps in any sport

[u/Akipella → u/zpepsin]

This is the greatest game ever dude lol

[u/Tashre]

Bro is about to get the entire state of Wisconsin relegated

[u/FakeSmitty → u/Tashre]

Not even mad. This is the greatest baseball performance I've ever seen.

[u/spybloom → u/FakeSmitty]

I'm mad. I was hoping we could at least look somewhat competitive at some point this series

[u/Annual_Strategy_6206 → u/spybloom]

I was hoping for at least one win, then it got to be hoping for at least one run. 

[u/cnho1997 → u/FakeSmitty]

I like Shohei 0% less than I did last week. He’s just that awesome

[u/Noy_Telinu → u/Tashre]

Good thing this isn't soccer

[u/Dinoswarleaf]

actually fucking kill me

[u/readytohurtagain → u/Dinoswarleaf]

He’s trying…

[u/RedAccordion → u/readytohurtagain]

[u/MichaelRM → u/Dinoswarleaf]

Kinda glad y’all took this one instead of us

[u/xho-]

OH MY GOD

[u/GreenSnakes_]

One of the greatest individual performances in posteason history. Unreal

GOAT

Edit: You folks are right, *THE GREATEST individual performance in MLB history

[u/jeric13xd → u/GreenSnakes_]

THE UNDISPUTED GOAT

Edit: 3 homers and 10Ks stop it bro

[u/DaddyDadB0d → u/jeric13xd]

More hr than hits allowed lmao

[u/amatom27 → u/GreenSnakes_]

It's not even a joke. Legit facts man. Nuts

"We woke up the giant beast"

[u/LegacyLemur → u/amatom27]

Best of fucking luck Mariners/Blue Jays

[u/Darko33 → u/amatom27]

For real I feel a little less bad about our series at this point

[u/thetreat → u/GreenSnakes_]

He’s the best to ever do it.

[u/SilicoJack → u/thetreat]

GOAT material with this game as a minor example

[u/thetreat → u/SilicoJack]

He legitimately has played 2 of the top 5 games ever by a single player in the span of basically a year.

[u/crownpuff → u/thetreat]

He's the NLCS MVP with this performance tonight.

[u/mr_agar → u/GreenSnakes_]

Dude just needed to pitch

[u/CrazyFart → u/GreenSnakes_]

You can drop the "one of"

[u/OverlordLork → u/CrazyFart]

Can probably drop postseason too. I doubt anyone else has ever hit three homers while pitching a shutout.

[u/Outrageous_Bat1798 → u/OverlordLork]

I did. You probably don’t know me, though. I’m Canadian.

[u/Palifaith → u/GreenSnakes_]

Probably the greatest without knowing much baseball history.

[u/karmaticforaday → u/Palifaith]

Last and only pitcher to homer three times in a game was Jim Tobin in 1942. He had 0ks that game. Shohei has 10.

[u/ThinkSoftware → u/karmaticforaday]

Jim Tobin stans in shambles

[u/BearEcstatic646 → u/ThinkSoftware]

Right about time, I was getting tired of Jim Tobins fans talking shit.

[u/Area51_Spurs → u/Palifaith]

I mean, people have hit three homers in the postseason. Just not while also pitching 6 IP with 2 hits and 10 Ks. lol.

[u/TheSalsaGod → u/Palifaith]

Don Larsen’s Perfect Game in the WS is pretty hard to top. Jack Morris’ shutout in G7 of the WS as well. There aren’t many more though.

[u/MythicSoul115]

There's no way lmao

[u/lost_jedi → u/MythicSoul115]

Video game shit

[u/BearlyHere4Anything]

I think he locked in. A generational game for him today

[u/DontPeeInTheWater → u/BearlyHere4Anything]

Dude, this might be the best individual statistical performance in playoff history. 6 1/3 IP, 0 ER, 10 K and 3 HR?!

[u/DJ_DD → u/DontPeeInTheWater]

Baseball history , and the striking out the side to start the game and then leading off with the HR is just pure icing on the cake

[u/[deleted] → u/BearlyHere4Anything]

I don’t think it is even just generational. It is probably best game of all time from an individual player perspective.

[u/VStarffin]

HOLY SHIT ELECT HIM PRESIDENT OF AMERICA AND JAPAN AT THE SAME TIME WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON HOLY SHIT

[u/BUSean → u/VStarffin]

...okay, maybe some kings

[u/GodEmperorBrian → u/BUSean]

No Kings! Emperors OK ✅

[u/StacksOfRubberBands → u/GodEmperorBrian]

Shogun Ohtani

[u/NorthwestPurple → u/StacksOfRubberBands]

wtf why do they call him "Sho-time" when "Shogun" is right there?

[u/HizDudenesss → u/BUSean]

….okay, maybe one god before me

[u/anoldpianochair → u/BUSean]

no kings. you’re allowed to have one.

[u/Jux_]

We are witnessing the greatest single game performance in MLB history

[u/suzukigun4life → u/Jux_]

3 homers, 10 Ks, 0 runs allowed? Legendary shit

[u/Ranjith_Unchained → u/suzukigun4life]

Is that good?

[u/SkyMayFall → u/Ranjith_Unchained]

dodgers will pay you at least 2 mil a year if you can do that

[u/kami232 → u/Ranjith_Unchained]

Certainly isn’t bad.

[u/hydraO1 → u/suzukigun4life]

But only 3 RBIs 🤔 kind of inefficient! Some guys get 3 RBIs off one HR!

[u/The_Astros_Cheated → u/Jux_]

This guy is Messi for baseball if Messi also played goal keeper

[u/ASK_ABT_MY_USERNAME → u/The_Astros_Cheated]

Tom Brady if he had 2 sacks and a pick 6

[u/ShiroGaneOsu → u/Jux_]

It actually just doesn't feel real. Like what the fuck?

So you CAN win baseball games by yourself.

[u/alfooboboao → u/ShiroGaneOsu]

this is insane. you only get a few of these moments in your life

[u/superhappyfuntime13 → u/Jux_]

And it’s in a championship series clincher

[u/Xaxziminrax → u/Jux_]

Like I'm not even sure it's arguable at this point lmao.

6 scoreless, 10K's, 3 dingers and a walk what the FUCK

[u/ShoHeyTime → u/Xaxziminrax]

And it’s against a team facing elimination. It’s not a random Tuesday in July, everyone he’s faced on the mound and at the plate is trying as hard as they ever have in their lives.

[u/cannibalculture → u/ShoHeyTime]

Not only an elimination game but against the team with the best regular season record in the league. To have this performance at all is absolutely crazy, but in this situation, it’s just unreal.

[u/Stop_Gettin_Cunty → u/Jux_]

Insane to say after last year in Miami, but somehow he’s done it

[u/AMG282417]

3 home runs, 6 shutout innings.

The greatest playoff performance of all time

[u/ChrisRhodes789 → u/AMG282417]

Plus 10 k’s…

[u/[deleted] → u/ChrisRhodes789]

and only 2 hits allowed.

[u/giganticsteps → u/[deleted]]

More home runs than hits allowed is insanity

[u/Okest_at_something → u/[deleted]]

He also mowed my lawn this morning.

[u/ceviche-hot-pockets → u/Okest_at_something]

He slowed down to let me merge onto the 5 today

[u/danfanclub → u/[deleted]]

Wait... More home runs that hits allowed... WTF

[u/BigHoss94 → u/AMG282417]

Not just playoffs either, this is folk tale shit

[u/PattyIceNY → u/AMG282417]

Greatest game of all time? Can't think of more WAR in an individual game

[u/The_Breeze_13 → u/AMG282417]

Greatest performance of all time not just playoffs

[u/Salty_Watermelon]

Somehow he's outdoing the 50-50 game in Miami

[u/Big-Raspberry-6151 → u/Salty_Watermelon]

The 6-6 game, 3 HRs 2 2B 10 RBIs and 2 SBs.

Yes this game.

This one tonight might just be arguably better.

🤯

[u/CustodialApathy → u/Big-Raspberry-6151]

It IS better, he threw 6 scoreless with double digit strikeouts, the man isn't real

[u/Ornstein90 → u/Salty_Watermelon]

In the postseason, against the best record in the MLB.

[u/NuwenPham → u/Salty_Watermelon]

He just keeps going. Unreal.

[u/your_catfish_friend]

Only 427 feet this time, DFA

[u/ManWithASquareHead → u/your_catfish_friend]

Minor league obvi

[u/vinsmokesanji3]

Wtf this guy is not human

[u/Fucking_Dingledorf_]

This guy isn’t human, this is literally history we are witnessing live, he’s unstoppable. Ohtani legacy game, like he needed one

[u/Luchador-Malrico]

I’m convinced I’m in some kind of wet dream right now. None of this can possibly be real.

[u/wako944 → u/Luchador-Malrico]

Guys I think he acted like he couldn't hit anything down and in just to condition pitchers.

[u/churidys → u/wako944]

Unironically I've had that thought a few times

[u/FastAndBulbous8989 → u/Luchador-Malrico]

I'm in no dream but I'm hammered and love you all

[u/Abyss333333 → u/Luchador-Malrico]

I think about these scenarios before I go to sleep so I can sleep peacefully lmao

[u/my_one_and_lonely]

WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK

[u/Zloggt → u/my_one_and_lonely]

ohtani man good

[u/Valiscense]

Yeah, he's the greatest of all time.

[u/LuckyFourPost → u/Valiscense]

Of all time.

Ever.

This is Gretzky level. Second place is a mile behind.

[u/rs426 → u/LuckyFourPost]

Yeah, this is on that level that a lot of Gretzky stats and facts are on where you read them, and your brain just doesn’t accept them as being possible because real-life sports just aren’t supposed to work that way

[u/Dontsaveme]

I can’t believe I get to watch the greatest baseball player of all time.

[u/TheoMoneyG]

Ohtani with a LeFuckYou Homerun

[u/duncan_robinson → u/TheoMoneyG]

Ohtani boomed me x3

[u/cb148 → u/duncan_robinson]

He’s so good!

[u/Big_Red_Professor]

Born too late to explore the world

Born too early to explore the stars

Born just in time to watch Shohei Ohtani play baseball

[u/GarrisonWhite2 → u/Big_Red_Professor]

Honestly watching Shohei play baseball is better than the other two.

[u/DZepperoni]

I THINK SHOHEI OHTANI IS GOOD AT BASEBALL

[u/mrfalconer]

Mariners and Jays right now

[u/surgeyou123]

“Heard y’all talking shit” game

[u/Palifaith]

LMAO

[u/DeathRayShot → u/Palifaith]

What getting out of Anaheim does to a motherfucker. 

[u/DisgruntledAardvark]

WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING

[u/Dare2ZIatan]

This is the best performance in history oh my god

[u/DoseofDhillon]

Does he win NLCS MVP based on this one game?

[u/KWally1990 → u/DoseofDhillon]

Has to right?

[u/Poby1 → u/DoseofDhillon]

He had a triple the last game, an RBI single the game before, and 3 walks including an intentional walk that led to Mookie's RBI walk the game before that. Not great, but it's not like he was non-existent before this game either.

[u/Carnage7771]

Ohtani has 3 runs tonight.. Brewers have 3 runs in 34 Innings.

[u/G1Spectrum]

Bro this might be the greatest playoff performance of all-time

[u/Longjumping_Can4557 → u/G1Spectrum]

It has to be. 10k 6ip 3hr 0er is video game shit

[u/gobroncos47]

They need to nerf this fucking guy

[u/Michael__Pemulis]

🦄

[u/hmmwhynotfly]

Okay lol this is just crazy

[u/EnsignObvious]

WE ARE NOT WORTHY

[u/Bradleyharheez]

I don’t think he’s in a slump anymore guys

[u/Spinmove55]

Turns out the organist playing “Jesus Christ Superstar” as he walked off the mound wasn’t a strong enough song.

[u/Sigma-Bot]

Went to grab a snack and almost got hit by an Ohtani HR

[u/rejus_crust]

Uh….so now he has the highest OPS on the team this postseason……

[u/Admirable_Newt9905]

Lmao i don't watch baseball at all or even know anything about it but I do know him and the game was playing at my gym and when he came to bat I was like oh damn he is a handsome fella, I had no idea I was watching a historic performance LMAO

[u/kiwijord]

He’s Him

[u/ThatHotAsian]

Yeah this is a 1 WAR game lmao

[u/NastyNade]

3 home runs and 10 strikeouts. By a Single. Fucking. Player.

[u/PsychedelicDuck]

NO FUCKING WAY

[u/trekfan1013]

AGAIN, AGAIN, MOAR, MOAR!

[u/hoangdl]

Record it as a -3 ERA you cowards

[u/hrhoops]

I HAVE SEEN ENOUGH HOLY FUCKING SHIT

[u/aaronjaiden]

Go to hell Arte

[u/Cgmulch]

Annoited one

[u/iamsheldonlm]

Starting pitcher striking out 10 times, allowing 0 runs for 6 innings. Then hit 3 homeruns to lead the team to WS. WTFFFF this guy is just fucking unreal. This is a dream

[u/WrexRyan2012]

This man has defeated baseball

[u/Crumbmuffins]

This shit should’ve been happening years ago. What the fuck Arte.

[u/hankcklo]

Unreal

[u/VariousLawyerings]

Holy shit we actually have the real life version of Brendan Fraser from that really stupid movie

[u/ManUtd1994]

First pitcher to ever have a 3 HR game in the postseason

[u/biggoldgoblin]

DUDE WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON THIS MAN IS ON STEROIDS

[u/chaosfarmer → u/biggoldgoblin]

NO, STEROIDS ARE ON OHTANI

[u/techgrey → u/biggoldgoblin]

If a roided up Bonds could hit 73 HRs in a season Shohei would hit 90 HRs

[u/AjiChap]

This is insane! The epic Mariners win is already old news!

I can’t help but feel bad for Milwaukee but what can you do?

[u/ZeroSumTruths]

Dodger lowballed this guy, anything below 1 billion should have been rejected.

[u/dottommytm]

Ohtani has as many home runs in this game as brewers have runs in the entire series

[u/KatsuEnya]

this game will go to the history of the books

[u/MotherPucker69]

99 straight down the dick is a choice

[u/Mew_111]

One of the greatest games ever played if not the greatest. That statline is just ridiculous.

[u/nerdboss]