World Series 2025: All the records Shohei Ohtani set in Game 3

The Japanese star had one of the best offensive games in the history of the “Fall Classics.”

Game 3 of the World Series 2025 between Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers will be remembered not only for its length, but also for one of the most impressive offensive performances in the history of the Major Leagues. Shohei Ohtani He had a perfect night in which he reached and set a notable number of offensive records.

Ohtani reached six consecutive games hitting, the longest streak for a leadoff hitter in the Dodgers since Carl Crawford He did it in 10 straight games during the 2013 postseason.

With his two home runs in the game, he became the only leadoff hitter in the history of MLB with eight home runs in the same postseason, breaking the tie he maintained with Kyle Schwarber (2022), George Springer (2017) and Lenny Dykstra (1996), who connected six. Ohtani also became the fourth player to have a postseason game with multiple extra-base hits against Max Scherzerthe first since Eric Thames in 2019.

The Japanese is only the third player in the history of MLB with multiple games of at least three extra-base hits in a single postseason, joining Albert Pujols (three in 2011) and Enrique Hernandez (two in 2021). Additionally, he became the only player in history with three multi-homer games in a single postseason, and the fifth to record at least 12 total bases in a postseason game. World Series.

His eight home runs in the current postseason tie the record for most homers by a player in the Dodgers in the same final phase, equaling Corey Seager (2020). Ohtani also joined Hideki Matsui (2004) and Daulton Varsho (2025) as the only ones to achieve a game with at least two doubles and two home runs in the postseason; However, he is the first to do so in a World Series.

His seven consecutive extra-base hits at Dodger Stadium represent the longest streak of any player in postseason history. MLB. No one had reached a similar chain, not even during the regular season since the beginning of the expansion era (1961).

Finally, Ohtani broke a tie David Ortiz and Billy Hatcher regarding consecutive plate appearances that ended with the player reaching base. Ohtani has reached base safely in 10 consecutive plate appearances. He also became the first player to walk five straight, including four intentionally, in a game. World Seriesand the first Dodger to reach base at least eight times in a game since 1900.