Los Angeles Dodgers southpaw Blake Snell delivered the kind of postseason performance that lived up to his massive contract in Monday's NLDS Game 2 against the Philadelphia Phillies . The two-time Cy Young winner tossed six scoreless innings, giving up just one hit and striking out nine before exiting to a mix of respect and disbelief from the Philadelphia crowd as the Dodgers carried a 4-1 lead into the ninth.

Snell’s dominance came from precision and deception — his slider and curveball accounted for 23 total whiffs on 99 pitches, the most by any pitcher so far in the 2025 postseason. The outing reinforced why Los Angeles made him the highest-paid left-hander in franchise history with a $182 million contract last November.

Once Snell’s night ended, Dodgers fans took to X (formerly

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