The last time Blake Snell took the mound, he helped the Los Angeles Dodgers' rotation make history . Snell’s outing against the Colorado Rockies on September 10 capped one of the most dominant five-game stretches ever by a group of starting pitchers. Facing the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday, Snell again made history.
The two-time Cy Young winner gave up two hits and two walks while striking out 12 in seven scoreless innings against the Phillies. With the performance , Snell has now struck out 11+ batters and allowed two or fewer hits, two or fewer walks, no runs and no extra-base hits in each of his last two starts.
He joins Cy Young as the only other pitcher to accomplish the feat in back-to-back starts, per OptaSTATS. And Snell is the first hurler to do it in 120 years.
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