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Why didn\u2019t Shohei Ohtani win World Series MVP? Yoshinobu Yamamoto wins award over Dodgers\u2019 superstar\u00a0originally appeared on\u00a0The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a\u00a0Preferred Source by clicking here.
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I hope baseball fans were tuned in because Game 7 was an absolute classic.<\/p>\n

The managed to pull off a miracle and steal Game 7 and the World Series from the on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Despite being down 3-2 in the series and having to win two games in a row on the road, the Dodgers still were able to get the job done.<\/p>\n

With many expecting\u00a0Shohei Ohtani\u00a0to be in the running for the World Series MVP, one of his teammates came in and stole it with an epic series himself.<\/p>\n

Why didn\u2019t Shohei Ohtani win World Series MVP?<\/h2>\n

Both Japanese superstars had incredible series, but the award can only be given to one player.<\/p>\n

How did pitching impact the result?<\/h3>\n

Even with the advantage of being available to pitch and hit, Ohtani couldn\u2019t beat out Yamamoto for the award.<\/p>\n

Ohtani, pitching-wise, didn\u2019t have a strong performance in Game 4 of the series, allowing 4 runs and 6 hits in 6 innings. The Dodgers went on to lose the game.<\/p>\n

He then started Saturday night\u2019s Game 7, where he pitched just 2 1\/3 innings, letting up 3 runs and 5 hits.<\/p>\n

Yamamoto, on the other hand, started and was credited with two wins before Game 7, letting up a combined 9 hits and 2 runs in 15 innings.<\/p>\n

He was then called to make an appearance late in Game 7, just 24 hours after pitching a 6-inning gem in Game 6.<\/p>\n

What solidified an already good series for Yamamoto was when he entered the 9th inning of Game 7 in a jam. The Blue Jays had runners on first and second with just one out, only needing a run to clinch the title.<\/p>\n

Yamamato further put himself and the Dodgers into more of a dangerous jam, but somehow got out of a bases-loaded situation with just one out, miraculously sending the game into extra innings.<\/p>\n

In the 10th inning, Yamamoto had a quick 1-2-3 inning.<\/p>\n

The 11th inning came around, and he faced another very difficult situation. The Blue Jays had runners on first and third with one out, yet he turned a double play to end the game and survive a classic.<\/p>\n

How did batting impact the result?<\/h3>\n

Ohtani clearly has an edge here since he plays both sides, while Yamamoto only pitches, but Yamamoto outperformed Ohtani by a lot in the pitching department with how well he pitched the entire series.<\/p>\n

Ohtani finished the series with a batting average of .333, 9 hits, 3 home runs, 5 RBIs and 6 runs scored in the 7-game series.<\/p>\n

By no means are these poor stats, but at the end of the day, the Dodgers wouldn\u2019t have been in the position to play a Game 7, let alone win it, without Yamamoto.<\/p>\n

Yamamoto was credited with three out of the four wins in the series for the Dodgers, and the clutch plays he made in Game 7 will get more credit in the history book over the solid stats Ohtani had all series long in the batter\u2019s box.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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