The Los Angeles Dodgers face elimination in Game 4 of the NLCS against the Milwaukee Brewers as Shohei Ohtani breaks a long home-run drought with a late-inning power display. Multiple outlets describe a three-run, mammoth home run that helps jump-start the Dodgers’ offense after they fall behind the series 3–0.
Across reports, the key storyline before and during the game is Los Angeles’ decision to move Ohtani back to the leadoff spot despite recent struggles. Yahoo Sports and Fox Sports note manager Dave Roberts makes the lineup adjustment for the “do-or-die” game. Other coverage highlights that Ohtani had not hit a home run since mid-to-late August and had been in one of his worst slumps, but he produces immediately when the team needs him most.
Some outlets also bring a separate angle around Ohtani’s workload and potential injury concerns, including suggestions that keeping him in the lineup could affect broader postseason goals. Overall coverage converges on the lineup change and Ohtani’s sudden, decisive homer in a critical elimination game.
