LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — Shohei Ohtani delivered a performance for the ages, launching three home runs and striking out 10 over six dominant innings on the mound to power the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night, completing a four-game sweep in their National League playoff series.

A sellout crowd of 52,883 at Dodger Stadium watched Ohtani cement his legacy, single-handedly overwhelming the Brewers to send the Dodgers to the next round of the postseason. The two-way superstar was flawless at the plate, going 3 for 3 with three solo home runs, and was equally untouchable as a pitcher, allowing just two hits and no earned runs.

The Dodgers wasted no time setting the tone. In the bottom of the first inning, Ohtani immediately answered a first-inning run from Milwaukee, crushing a solo home run to right field off Brewers starter Jose Quintana to level the score. The onslaught continued as Mookie Betts and Will Smith followed with singles. After a strikeout, Tommy Edman drove in Betts with a single, and Teoscar Hernández grounded out to bring Smith home, staking Los Angeles to a 3-1 lead before many fans had found their seats.

That early outburst proved more than enough for Ohtani, who took the mound with a lead and never relinquished it. He mowed down the Milwaukee lineup, recording double-digit strikeouts and allowing only a ground-rule double to Jackson Chourio in the fourth inning through his six frames of work.

Ohtani provided his own insurance. In the bottom of the fourth, he victimized Quintana again, launching his second solo shot of the night to right-center field to extend the Dodgers’ lead to 4-1. He was not finished, however. After being lifted from the pitching rubber, Ohtani came to the plate in the seventh inning against reliever Trevor Megill and completed the historic hat trick, crushing his third home run of the game, a towering blast to center field, to make it 5-1.

Milwaukee’s offense, which managed just five hits all night, was stifled by Ohtani and a trio of Dodgers relievers. The Brewers’ lone run was unearned and came in unconventional fashion. In the top of the first, Brice Turang walked, stole second, advanced to third on a throwing error by catcher Will Smith, and then scored on a balk called against Ohtani before a single out was recorded.

They did not score again until the eighth inning, when Caleb Durbin doubled and eventually came home on a fielder’s choice groundout by Turang.

Quintana, the losing pitcher, lasted just three innings, surrendering four runs on seven hits. His record fell to 11-8. Ohtani earned the win, improving to 3-1. The Dodgers’ bullpen, featuring Roki Sasaki, Alex Vesia and Blake Treinen, closed out the final three innings, allowing just one run to secure the series-clinching victory.

The loss ends a successful season for the Brewers, who finished with an overall record of 100-71. The Dodgers, now 102-70, advance in the postseason, having dispatched Milwaukee with methodical precision in all four games of the series.