Blake Snell allowed one baserunner in eight shutout innings before Los Angeles’ bullpen barely held on as the Dodgers opened the NLCS with a 2-1 victory Monday night.

The two-time Cy Young winner struck out 10 and walked none. Snell retired his final 17 batters. He became the first pitcher to face the minimum 24 batters through eight innings in a postseason game since Don Larsen tossed his perfect game for the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1956 World Series.

He’s yielded two runs over 21 innings in his first postseason with the Dodgers after they signed him to a five-year, $182 million contract.

However, Los Angeles’ shaky bullpen nearly wasted Snell’s brilliant effort.

Trailing 2-0 to start the ninth, the Brewers scored a run off rookie Roki Sasaki and later loa

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