LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. -- The ball from Shohei Ohtani’s fourth-inning moonshot in Game 4 of the NLCS — his second home run of three in the game — is hitting the auction block at SCP Auctions’ Fall Premier when it opens November 5.
Ohtani put on the greatest single-game performance in baseball history in Game 4 of the NLCS. After striking out the side in the top of the first, “Shotime” led off the bottom half with a 446-foot missile into the rightfield bleachers – the first time a starting pitcher has hit a leadoff homer in MLB history.
In the fourth, he launched a Statcast-projected 469-foot bomb that literally left Dodger Stadium, clearing the entire rightfield pavilion. The 6’ 3” right-hander went on to hurl six shutout innings and strike out ten to earn the win in a 5-1 victory over the Brewers. But that wasn’t all.
In the seventh, Ohtani put a bow on an otherworldly evening by blasting his third big-fly 427 feet into the left-center bleachers. Three home runs traveling a combined 1,342 feet. Six scoreless innings with 10 Ks. No baseball player has ever come close to matching this heroic feat. And it just so happened to clinch the Dodgers’ second straight trip to the World Series.
SCP will be offering the ball that Ohtani hit off Chad Patrick that cleared the rightfield pavilion roof and excited the stadium in the fourth inning. The majestic homer was one of the longest in the illustrious history of Dodger Stadium. A special plaque has already been added to Dodger Stadium commemorating the homer. “They said it went 469 feet,” said Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy, shaking his head. “That’s wrong. That ball was at least 500 feet. That’s the farthest ball I’ve ever seen hit."
The ball was consigned by Carlo Mendoza, who was eating nachos when Ohtani hit the blast and jumped into the bushes in the centerfield plaza of Dodger Stadium to retrieve it. Mendoza said, “As I was taking a bite of my nachos, I saw Ohtani hit his second homer. Then I see a guy in front of me look up — and I think, ‘no way the ball comes out here.’ Next thing I know, it bounces off the roof and into the bushes.”
SCP Auctions sold Freddie Freeman’s walk-off grand slam ball from the 2024 World Series for $1.56 million and expects that this ball will bring another seven-figure result. Bidding in the auction will begin on November 5 and go through November 22. For more information, visit www.SCPauctions.com or call (949) 831-3700.