Entering Friday night's Game 4 of the National League Championship Series, the Milwaukee Brewers knew that they needed things to fall into place.

Well, Shohei Ohtani had other ideas.

Ohtani, who was named the NLCS MVP, put on a show for the ages as the Dodgers defeated the Brewers 5-1 to sweep the best-of-seven series. Ohtani didn't hit just one, not two, but three solo home runs.

He also proved dominant on the mound, too, going six-plus innings, giving up just two hits, and striking out 10 Milwaukee hitters.

As much as the Brewers fought their way to reach the NLCS, it was a pretty quiet ending to the season.

Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy sent Jose Quintana out to start the game, but his first inning set up the table for a bad night. On Quintana's sixth pitch, Ohtani sent it deep into the right-field pavilion at Dodger Stadium. Will Smith's RBI single and Teoscar Hernandez's RBI groundout put the Dodgers up 3-0.

Ohtani followed up with a solo home run in the fourth and that ball hasn't come down as of yet. Ohtani sent it up and over the right-field pavilion and out of Dodger Stadium.

Then, in the seventh, Ohtani slammed his third home run just to the left of straightaway center field.

If you're thinking Ohtani was the entire Dodgers performance, then you'd be thinking right. 

The Brewers scored their only run in the top of the eighth as Brice Turang's RBI groundout put Milwaukee on the board.

But there just wasn't much of a fight out of the Brewers. They only had five hits all game long and couldn't really put together a tough challenge to Ohtani or the Dodgers bullpen.

Dodgers closer Roki Sasaki came out on the ninth and got Milwaukee out. 

That's a wrap on the 2025 MLB season for the Brewers.

Murphy got the most he could out of this season's team.

After they get over the feeling of being swept in the NLCS, Milwaukee and its fans might be able to look back and see some positives out of it all.

But that's not going to happen on Friday night.

The sting of losing in the NLCS, especially getting swept, will linger for a little bit.