Shohei Ohtani struck out not once, twice, three times but four — four! — straight times and almost snuffed a late Dodgers rally.

The Dodgers withstood a late Phillies comeback to take a 2-0 lead in their National League Division Series on Monday night. Shohei Ohtani went 1-for-5 with a single and drove in what ended up being the game-deciding run to cap off a four-run seventh inning for Los Angeles.

A glance at the final series stats makes one wonder how the Phillies lost in four games. The vaunted Dodgers offense hit .199 with a .557 OPS and struck out 41 times in 141 plate appearances. Shohei Ohtani went 1-for-18, and Freddie Freeman finished 3-for-15. By those numbers alone, the Phillies shouldn’t have had many issues handling the Dodgers.

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After the Padres' Jackson Merrill homered to kick off the top of the ninth at Wrigley Field, shortstop Xander Bogaerts struck out on a 3-2 count when he didn't swing at a ball that appeared to be below the strike zone. Bogaerts protested immediately, as did manager Mike Shildt, who ran out to speak with Reyburn.

The Chicago Cubs benefited from a horrific strike 3 call during their Game 3 win over the San Diego Padres on Thursday.

Xander Bogaerts can’t wait for the automated ball-strike system. The Padres’ shortstop went off when talking to reporters after he was called out on strikes on a 3-2 count on a ball that appeared to be below the strike zone with San Diego down 3-1 to the Cubs with nobody out in the ninth inning on Thursday at Wrigley Field.