Although the bullpen certainly did its best to throw it all away before eventually securing a win in Game 1 of the NLCS, Blake Snell’s dominant performance against the Milwaukee Brewers will go down in the history books. The Dodgers’ left-handed starter made a mockery of Brewers hitters for eight full innings, a rare start of great length in the modern game, but one that ended up almost feeling too short given what happened in the ninth.
It’s one thing for a pitcher to get in a groove and generate quick outs if the opposition starts pressing after going down big early. Snell didn’t have that luxury, as the Dodgers gave him exactly one run of support in the eight innings he was out there before tacking on a key insurance run in the ninth. Milwaukee’s pitching did more than enough against t