Shohei Ohtani proved that he was worth all the money in the world on Friday night.

Ohtani slammed three (that's right, THREE!) solo home runs and kept Milwaukee Brewers hitters in check, allowing just two hits and struck out 10 over six-plus innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Brewers 5-1 at Dodger Stadium, sweeping the National League Championship Series.

The Dodgers are going back to the Fall Classic.

The team will look to win back-to-back World Series championships and their ninth as a franchise. They await the finish of the American League Championship Series between the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays to see who they will face. Seattle holds a

Ohtani, the Japanese superstar who has wowed Southern California baseball fans between his time with the Los Angeles Angels and Dodgers, was totally in control. In fact, Dodgers fans might have thought that Ohtani was out of his mind. For his series efforts, Ohtani was named as the NLCS MVP.

"Oh, man, that was special," Freddie Freeman said after the game, according to MLB.com. "We’ve just been playing really good baseball for a while now, and the inevitable kind of happened today -- Shohei. Oh my god, I'm still speechless.

"Sometimes you’ve just got to touch him and make sure he’s not made of steel," Freeman said. "Biggest stage, and he goes out and does something like that. Something that will probably be remembered as 'The Shohei Ohtani game.'"

Brewers starter Jose Quintana wanted to get off to a good start in the bottom of the first, but Ohtani had other thoughts. On Quintana's sixth pitch of the game, Ohtani swung and hit the pitch deep into the Hollywood night for a 1-0 Dodgers lead. More on Ohtani in a minute.

Will Smith added an RBI single and Teoscar Hernández had an RBI groundout, putting the Dodgers up 3-0 after the first inning.

In the bottom of the fourth, Ohtani smacked a Chad Patrick pitch out and over the right-field pavilion and out of Dodger Stadium. That made it 4-0 Dodgers at the time and Dodgers Nation was rocking.

At 100 pitches and with two Brewers on base in the top of the seventh, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts took the ball from Ohtani and gave it over to Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia. The Brewers put up a threat with a William Contreras single and a walk to Andrew Vaughn. Vesia coaxed Sal Frelick into a 6-3 double play to get out of trouble.

Ohtani was switched from pitcher to designated hitter with none out in the top of the seventh inning. Roberts wasn't going to take out Ohtani's hot bat from his lineup.

Brewers reliever Trever Megill came on for Patrick in the bottom of the seventh. 

Well, that didn't work out for the Brewers. Ohtani, after all that work on the mound, had another highlight to add to his hitting efforts. He hit his third home run of the game to just left of center field.

At this point, no one would have blamed the Brewers if they just intentionally walked Ohtani. But they didn't and paid for it.

Blake Treinen took over for Vesia in the top of the eighth. Treinen gave up a double to Caleb Durbin and a walk to Andruw Monasterio. Treinen struck out Isaac Collins, and Anthony Banda followed. He gave up an RBI single to Jackson Chourio, who was back in the Brewers lineup after suffering a hamstring cramp on Thursday night in Game 3, and the Brewers closed within 5-1.

In the bottom of the eighth, Teosar Hernández singled and Max Muncy walked. But Kiké Hernández flew out to center field to end the threat.

Roberts sent out Roki Sasaki, his newfound closer, to seal the deal. Contreras singled to center field with none out. Vaughn lined out to right for the first out, and Frelick grounded into a forceout at second base. Durbin flied out to right and the Dodgers flooded onto the field.

In the 2025 regular season, the Dodgers were 93-69 this season en route to winning the NL West title. They got past the Philadelphia Phillies in the NL Division Series, setting up the NLCS with Milwaukee.

How dominant were the Dodgers' starting pitchers against the Brewers? In the NLCS, Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow, Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto produced a 0.63 ERA, combining to allow two runs over 28 2/3 innings, according to MLB.com.

Pretty good, eh?

With the quick dispatch of Milwaukee, the Dodgers will have some time off to recover from their champagne hangovers.

It's officially party time, Dodgers fans.