The score from Game 1 of the NLCS will list a walk by Mookie Betts in the ninth inning with the bases loaded as the game-winning play, but the player of the game was starting pitcher Blake Snell.
Snell made just 11 starts in his first regular season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, but he delivered another gem in his third start of the postseason. The two-time Cy Young winner pitched eight innings of one-hit, shutout ball, ten strikeouts and no walks. The effort lowered his ERA to 0.86 in 21 innings, with wins against the Reds, Phillies and now Brewers.
The only batter to reach base against Snell was Caleb Durbin with a leadoff single in the bottom of the third, but he was promptly caught stealing in the next at bat.
Snell has historically been a stud in the postseason, and in Game 1 he was made history with his fifth straight win with more strikeouts (40) than innings pitched (31 ⅓) in each outing. He also became the first pitcher since Don Larsen’s legendary perfect game in the 1956 World Series to face the minimum number of batters in eight innings of a playoff game.
That brings us to today’s quiz. Snell’s dazzling Game 1 performance marked the 25th time a pitcher recorded 10 strikeouts without allowing a walk or strikeout in the playoffs. That said, how many pitchers can you name in five minutes to do this?
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