MILWAUKEE — The Los Angeles Dodgers survived the Milwaukee Brewers’ magic act, shrugged off their bad luck, and by the end of Monday night, just won a postseason game the old-fashioned way.
The Dodgers, riding the golden arm of Blake Snell, and the powerful bat of Freddie Freeman, outlasted the Brewers for a 2-1 victory in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series at American Family Field.
While the Brewers turned perhaps the wildest double play in postseason history, and emptied their bullpen trying to suffocate the Dodgers’ offense, the Dodgers resorted to the traditional way to win games.
Snell, the two-time Cy Young winner, put on one of the greatest postseason pitching performances in history. He never gave the Brewers a chance, facing the minimum batters through eight innings, striking out 10, and giving up just one hit – a third-inning single up the middle by Caleb Durbin. He was so dominant that he gave up just one fair fly ball to the outfield the entire game, inducing 11 ground balls.
Snell became the first pitcher in postseason history to strike out at least 10 batters and give up one hit without a walk in eight innings.
