Blue Jays snap ridiculous Shohei Ohtani streak after Vlad Jr. made him look human

Shohei Ohtani's run of dominance in October has been one of the biggest talking points of the postseason so far. He's mashed three home runs in the first four games of the World Series, he reached base a historic nine times in Game 3, and he started his first career Fall Classic game on October 28.

In the third inning of Game 4, the Toronto Blue Jays finally brought Ohtani back to earth. After he induced a groundout of Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Nathan Lukes got to Ohtani for a sharp single. Then, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. crushed a no-doubt homer to left-center to give the Jays an early 2-1 lead.

Ohtani finished the top of the third frame without any additional damage, then immediately took the plate to lead off the bottom of the inning. Toronto pitcher Shane Bieber got him to rifle off three foul balls, the third of which tipped into Alejandro Kirk's glove for a quick out.

Bieber became the first pitcher to retire Ohtani at Dodger Stadium since the seventh inning of NLCS Game 3 on October 16. Milwaukee Brewers reliever Jared Koenig held the honor of most recently striking Ohtani out for over a week.

Blue Jays Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Shane Bieber make Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani look human in World Series Game 4

Bieber managed to fan Ohtani again in the fifth frame. He's struck out just four times since the World Series began, half of them against Bieber, who is fresh out of Tommy John surgery recovery.

There's a lot of game left for Ohtani to make the impact the Dodgers are used to seeing from him — a two-run outing is still a great outcome in the World Series against one of the gutsiest offensive teams of the season.

It's thrilling to finally see Ohtani pitch in the postseason. After years of dominance in the Los Angeles Angels organization, the two-way player never had a chance to show his stuff in October. It took some time to warm up at the plate, but Ohtani has delivered the laser show Dodgers fans hoped for. In Game 4 of the NLCS, he posted possibly the greatest single-game performance of all time — he pitched six scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts and mashed three home runs. Such a showing isn't easily erased, even after a home run from Guerrero.