Dodgers make desperate move with Shohei Ohtani as three-peat is on brink of collapse

After moving Shohei Ohtani down in their batting order during his injury-hampered slump this postseason, the Dodgers reversed course with their season on the line in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series.For the first time this October, Ohtani returned to his customary leadoff spot in the lineup.The move comes with the Dodgers facing a three-games-to-none deficit against the Milwaukee Brewers –– and in spite of Ohtani’s .182 batting average (4-for-22) in these playoffs, in which he has also failed to record an extra-base hit or an RBI.Previously, those struggles saw him drop to the two-hole, then the Nos.4, 5 and 6 spots in the previous four games.But now, he will spearhead their offense once again, with the Dodgers elect to ride-or-die with the four-time MVP at the top of their lineup.Here is the Dodgers’ full lineup for Game 4:1.

Shohei Ohtani, DH2.Mookie Betts, SS3.

Freddie Freeman, 1B4.Will Smith, C5.

Kyle Tucker, RF6.Teoscar Hernández, LF7.

Miguel Rojas, 2B8.Andy Pages, CF9.

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