LOS ANGELES — Manager Dave Roberts sent a clear message Friday night as he stood on the podium after the Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League Championship Series. Roberts used the opportunity to address the ongoing conversation about the Dodgers' high payroll and the advantage it is said to provide compared to other teams in the league.

Shohei Ohtani hit three homers, one of them leaving Dodger Stadium. He threw six scoreless innings, while striking out 10 and allowing only two hits. He is a player with three career MVP awards (soon to be four), a World Series ring and the only 50-homer, 50-stolen base season in MLB history, and his masterpiece didn't come until Friday.

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani will take the mound opposite Milwaukee left-hander Jose Quintana as the Dodgers try to sweep the series on Friday night at Dodger Stadium.

The Brewers were among the leaders in runs, batting average and strikeout rate, but the Dodgers held them to four runs in four games and got them to whiff at a higher rate than normal.

Dave Roberts and the Los Angeles Dodgers aren't afraid of embracing a villain persona. Especially when they have a fully operational Death Star hitting and pitching for them. As the Dodgers celebrated a second straight National League title and a chance to become MLB's first back-to-back champions in 25 years,

The Los Angeles Dodgers, as they were at the start of the season, are the favorite to win the World Series, but now they've moved into the odds-on favorite spot as their championship odds shortened to -5000 after their 3-0 series lead over the Milwaukee Brewers,

While Shohei Ohtani struggles at the plate, LA's three-headed monster of Snell, Yamamoto, and Glasnow has completely silenced the Brewers' offense.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees could make sense as landing spots for Chicago Cubs free agent Kyle Tucker.