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In Game 1 of the NL Championship Series, the Dodgers blew a lead on the road in Milwaukee and fell to the Brewers 2-1, snapping a 7-game postseason winning streak that had stood since the 2018 NLCS. Shohei Ohtani, starting and batting cleanup, scored the Dodgers’ first run after reaching on a walk, and also snapped a 12-plate-appearance hitless streak spanning three games with a base hit — but went just 1-for-3 overall and extended his career-worst homerless streak to 106 plate appearances. Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start Game 2. On 5ch, posters traded worries about Ohtani’s slump, voiced hope for Yamamoto, and remarked on the raw energy of the Brewers’ home crowd.
◆MLB — NL Championship Series Game 1: Brewers 2, Dodgers 1 (Oct. 11, American Family Field, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
The NL West champion Dodgers fell to 0-1 in the series after blowing a lead on the road against the Brewers in Game 1 of the NLCS on Oct. 11 (Oct. 12 Japan time). The Dodgers hadn’t lost to the Brewers in the postseason since dropping Game 7 of the 2018 NLCS, going 7-0 against them across the 2020 Wild Card Series and this year’s NLCS — but that streak ended with this loss.
Shohei Ohtani (32), starting at designated hitter and batting cleanup, drew the walk that set up the Dodgers’ first run and also picked up his first hit in 12 plate appearances across three games, but went 1-for-3 to extend his career-worst homerless streak to 106 plate appearances. Yoshinobu Yamamoto (28) will start Game 2 on the road tomorrow, Oct. 12 (Oct. 13 Japan time). Roki Sasaki (24) did not appear in the game.
Source: hochi.news / Original article here
What people said
Maybe it's better if it does end — a three-peat would make the offseason a total mess.
Just please don't let this mess with Sato-teru's contract talks (nickname for Hanshin Tigers slugger Teruaki Sato, rumored to be MLB-bound).
Don't trash on him like he's garbage lol
Once you hit the postseason, the hometown energy is on a whole different level.
Unlike NPB, where the No. 4 spot means 'the big slugger,' in MLB it really is just literally whoever bats fourth.
but Snell and Glasnow must be getting nervous lol
He gives up 2-3 runs pretty much every game.
I always pictured him as a guy who allows one run or fewer.
Probably just the gap between the AL and NL.
Kind of like the Central League vs. Pacific League thing (NPB's two leagues).
Makes you think, 'huh, so this is what a two-time Cy Young winner looks like.'
Well, the pressure's probably different between the Tigers and the Dodgers.
I just want the Japanese players to shine.
Yeah but, you know… the ad revenue…
He's slow, so it'd just turn into a double play.
People call him a cyborg, but
he might start showing us he's human pretty soon.
Nothing but scrubs, so they'll get pounded lol
My prediction: tomorrow Yamamoto goes 9 innings, 1 run allowed, and still takes the loss.
Brewers 2, Dodgers 1
Yamamoto: 8 IP, 1 ER, 12 K
Diaz: allows 1 run
Shohei Ohtani: 1 HR
If they lose like that, everyone would accept it.
That's only if Yoshinobu Yamamoto even pitches Game 6.
They've been dumping way too much on him since last year.
A normal person would've already broken down.
Two full years now since last season, never once skipping his rotation turn — the only one who's kept his spot the whole time — and they keep pushing him to pitch through it.
Even if one bad outing comes at a critical moment, nobody's going to blame him for it.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto isn't carrying anything special tomorrow lol
It's fine if he loses.
Honestly, isn't it creepier to be giving a dead-serious reply in a thread like this?
There's the pattern where a dark horse like Kiké, Pages, or Muncy breaks out.
Last year's Ohtani would've crushed that, no?
It was a sinker.
Don't know the actual numbers, but my impression was he was strong against fastballs last year.
Background and talking points
Shohei Ohtani’s “106 plate appearances without a home run” is a new career worst, and many posters voiced concern over the contrast with his strong form through last season. Some also framed it as “the gap between the AL and NL,” comparing the Tigers’ Tarik Skubal to the Dodgers’ rotation — though it’s worth noting this is more impression than anything backed by actual statistics, so it shouldn’t be treated as established fact. Because the Dodgers had won seven straight postseason games against the Brewers since 2018, this loss registered in the thread as “a team unused to losing hitting a rough patch.” Yoshinobu Yamamoto has held his rotation spot throughout without missing a turn to injury, and the thread reflected both high hopes for his Game 2 start and concern over the toll of his heavy workload.
*This article excerpts and summarizes the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “[MLB] Dodgers suffer painful comeback loss, Brewers take Game 1 — Ohtani scores on a walk and gets first hit in 12 at-bats, Yamamoto to start Game 2.”
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