LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers' players couldn’t help but watch in disbelief Tuesday night, even giggling at times, admiring the greatest postseason power show they’ve ever witnessed.
If it wasn’t Shohei Ohtani hitting a 100-mph fastball that left his bat at a record 117.7-mph, it was Ohtani hitting a homer 454 feet into the night, the longest in Dodgers postseason history.
If it wasn’t Teoscar Hernández hitting a home run to left field, twirling his bat like a baton before an epic flip, it was Hernández hitting a home run to right field and simply admiring it as he slowly strolled up the line.
By the end of the night, and the Dodgers’ 10-5 rout over the Cincinnati Reds was complete, the Dodgers tied a franchise postseason record with five home runs, traveling a total 1,997 feet, with Ohtani and Hernández becoming only the fifth set of teammates to hit two or more homers in a postseason game.
“That was a lot of fun," Dodgers second baseman Tommy Edman said. “A lot of feet of home runs. That’s just the explosive nature of our offense."
