Francisco Lindor Drops 3-Word Reaction to Shohei Ohtani’s Historic Dodgers Game

New York Mets star Francisco Lindor said it all with three words after Shohei Ohtani's legendary playoff game.

Aug 19, 2025; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor (12) looks on at bat against the Washington Nationals during the fourth inning at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Amber Searls-Imagn Images | Amber Searls-Imagn Images

The Los Angeles Dodgers are headed back to the World Series after completing a four-game sweep over the No. 1-seeded Milwaukee Brewers in their NLCS series on October 17. This means that the Dodgers will appear in their fifth World Series since 2017 and will look to become the first back-to-back MLB champions since the New York Yankees won three consecutive titles from 1998 to 2000.

While the story of the NLCS before Friday's Game 4 in Los Angeles was the Dodgers' elite pitching, another storyline throughout the Dodgers' postseason was the struggles that two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani was having at the plate.

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Ohtani made a major contribution to both storylines on Friday. He started on the mound and pitched six scoreless innings while racking up 10 strikeouts. And at the plate, Ohtani blasted three home runs, one of which traveled 469 feet.

Oct 17, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani (17) round the bases on his solo home run against the Milwaukee Brewers during the seventh inning of game four of the NLCS round for the 2025 MLB playoffs at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images | Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images

Many baseball fans are saying that Ohtani put together the best individual playoff performance in baseball history, given this insane stat line.

What's for sure is that the 31-year-old's Game 4 outing was historic, as no other player in MLB history has had a three-home run game at the plate and thrown a scoreless outing with at least 10 strikeouts on the mound over the course of their entire career, according to an X post from OptaSTATS.

Ohtani just did both in the same game.

Shohei Ohtani's 10 strikeouts and three home runs in chronological order pic.twitter.com/z51rA0zAx5

— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) October 18, 2025

Francisco Lindor's 3-Word Reaction to Shohei Ohtani's NLCS Performance Says It All

While New York Mets fans wish it were their team that was playing the Dodgers in the 2025 NLCS like they were one season ago, at least they can take solace in the fact that Ohtani didn't have this historic game against them.

Instead, Mets players have to watch this postseason from their couches at home. New York star shortstop Francisco Lindor seemed to be doing so on Friday night, and a post that he made to his Instagram story speaks volumes about how he viewed Ohtani's game.

"Now that's impressive," Lindor wrote on the story soon after Ohtani's third home run landed in Dodger Stadium's center field bleachers.

he’s back https://t.co/2IAPvDMqct pic.twitter.com/nd2rrfy9a4

— dianna (@runwildkian) October 18, 2025

This isn't the first 2025 MLB postseason game Lindor has commented on, as he made an X post on October 10 that read, "Wild game," when the Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers were duking it out for 15 innings in a winner-take-all ALDS Game 5.

Wild game

— Francisco Lindor (@Lindor12BC) October 11, 2025

Hopefully, Lindor won't be able to make social media posts about the postseason next season because he'll be busy playing.