Kiké Hernández hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning, and the Mets were still scoring not much. The fight appeared to be decided early in the eighth inning, but then Shohei Ohtani offered a better perspective on things. With Will Smith and Hernández on base, Ohtani saw a grounder to second from Tylor Megill and completely hit the baseball into the middle of the second to put the Dodgers up 7-0. Most Mets fans didn’t stay after that, and the seats behind home plate emptied when Max Muncy ended it all with a solo home run in the ninth inning. With that three-run home run, Ohtani is now 7-of-9 with runners in scoring position this October.

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All of this is just a rather strange double-edged sword. 0-for-22 with the bases empty isn’t exactly what you want from a guy who’s opening batting, but Ohtani’s productivity thus far is undeniable. His .226 average is the Dodgers’ sixth-highest, behind Hernández, Tommy Edman, Max Muncy, Freddie Freeman and Miguel Rojas, but he also currently leads the team in RBI with eight. He also led the team in strikeouts with 13. Ohtani doesn’t give Mookie Betts and Freeman many RBI opportunities, but he has become the guy you want at bat when the opportunity presents itself for him to score. To date, his only home run of the postseason was another three-run home run to tie Game 1 of the NLDS, a game the Dodgers won.