The Los Angeles Dodgers booked their ticket to the National League Championship Series for the third straight year after defeating the Atlanta Braves in Game 4 of the National League Division Series, 4-1. 

The Dodgers faced a challenge in this series, but got through it with relative ease. However, that does not mean they were perfect. In fact, they were far from it.

Let’s review the good, the bad and the ugly from the series-deciding game:

This was a difficult topic to decide on because Max Muncy hit his third home run of the series to give Los Angeles added insurance to win the game, but I have to give Edwin Díaz his flowers. 

Díaz sealed the deal with one strikeout in one inning of work in a successful closing effort, marking his second save in his three appearances on the mound during the NLDS. 

For Díaz, this series served as an opportunity to bounce back from a disastrous regular season in which he went 2-2 with an 8.68 ERA over 21 appearances, in which he also had four blown saves. Against the Braves, he struck out three batters and only allowed one hit in the three times that he was asked to close the game. 

Díaz is looking more like the player that the Dodgers signed for a three-year, $69 million deal that set a new record for the highest average annual value for a reliever. This is the version of him they need if they are going to be successful in their pursuit of a third straight World Series title.

There's still a lot of baseball left to be played, but Díaz has certainly provided encouraging performances on the mound thus far.

Unfortunately for Los Angeles, Shohei Ohtani is not pitching in the playoffs, and so far, he does not look good at the plate either.

Ohtani went 0-for-3 on Wednesday, and even though he drew a walk and scored, his overall body of work in the series was pretty egregious.

Over four games, Ohtani posted a .154 batting average, a .267 on-base percentage, a .154 slugging percentage and a .421 OPS. He had double the strikeouts (4) as he did hits (2). Ohtani has not been at 100% health for a long time, and his play has been affected as a result.

However, the Dodgers are going to need more from their superstar, especially if the only way he can help them is in the batter's box. Perhaps Ohtani can turn it around in the NLCS — the Dodgers certainly need it.

While Ohtani was bad at the plate, the whole team is to blame for a below-average offensive performance.

The Dodgers won the game, and one may argue that is the only thing that matters, but they also went 5-for-32 at the plate, and they struck out as many times as they hit the ball.

Over the course of the series, the Dodgers were pretty bad in general in the batter's box, and nothing about that changed on Wednesday. If Los Angeles wants to win another World Series, this is not sustainable.

Sure, it was good that Muncy was able to hit three home runs in four games, and it was very helpful, but if the offense is going to remain this anemic, it is going to be a problem for this team.