Ohtani's Second-Half Collapse And Brewers Sweep End Dodgers' Season

Ohtani was hitting .294 with 30 home runs on August 18th, then went without another regular-season homer over his final 70 at-bats with 11 hits and 29 strikeouts, landing on the injured list September 11th. He hit .192 with 10 strikeouts in the postseason, and the Dodgers were swept by the Brewers in the NLCS despite a $339 million payroll against Milwaukee's $146 million.

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