Tom Brady Says Shohei Ohtani's Historic Game Among Best Sports Performances Ever

Add Tom Brady to the list of people singing the praises of Shohei Ohtani after his historic performance against the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series.

In a video for Fox Sports, Brady listed Ohtani's game in which he three home runs and struck out 10 Brewers hitters among the greatest individual sports performances ever.

"I think what he did with 10 strikeouts, three home runs—one of those balls going out of the stadium—and then leading his team like he has, coming back from that elbow injury, and performing the way he did is just absolutely incredible," Brady said of Ohtani.

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When asked to try coming up with an NFL equivalent, Brady cited a couple of games that he played against the Buffalo Bills in 2007 and Tennessee Titans in 2009; Peyton Manning's seven touchdown game against the Baltimore Ravens in 2013; Joe Montana in Super Bowl 19 against the Miami Dolphins (24-of-35, 331 yards, four total touchdowns; Adrian Peterson's 296-yard rushing game in 2007; and Julio Jones' 300-yard receiving game in 2016.

MLB.com's Sarah Langs noted that Ohtani became the first player in MLB history to have a game with at least three home runs and 10 strikeouts in the regular season or postseason.

Ohtani's box-score stat line from the game makes it look even more impressive because he didn't make an out at the plate, going 3-for-3 with one walk in four plate appearances, while allowing just two hits to go with 10 strikeouts in six innings on the mound.

Babe Ruth had one playoff game in which he didn't allow a run as a pitcher in a 1-0 win for the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of the 1918 World Series. He hit three homers in a World Series game twice in his career, but not in the same season when he was pitching.

The closest baseball comparison to Ohtani's game happened in the 1971 season when Rick Wise threw a no-hitter and hit two homers for the Philadelphia Phillies in a 4-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds.

Given the context around the Ohtani game, which sent the Dodgers to the World Series for the second consecutive year, it's hard to think of a better individual performance by a baseball player.