News flash. Shohei Ohtani is human. Read all about it.

After getting on base a ridiculous nine times in Game 3, with two doubles, two home runs (including the game-tying homer in the seventh), and five walks, the three-time (and soon to be four) MVP took the mound, to follow up on his brilliant ten-strikeout start against Milwaukee.

But this wasn’t Milwaukee. Toronto wasn’t intimidated by Ohtani on the mound. The Blue Jays have a superstar of their own in Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. And Vladdy took Shohei deep in the third inning to turn a Dodgers 1-0 lead into a Blue Jays 2-1 lead. Toronto would never trail after that. 

Ohtani ended up pitching six-plus innings, giving up four earned runs—the two off Guerrero’s bat in the third, and two of the four Toronto scored in the seventh.

Shane Bieber showed that he was a former Cy Young winner for a reason, picking up the W in the Blue Jays 6-2 win.

It evened the Series at two games each. But more importantly for Toronto, it showed them that Ohtani can be beaten. 

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