The Los Angeles Dodgers dispatched the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday as the team completed a sweep of the Wild Card Series. Blake Snell delivered a career-best postseason start in the opener against Cincinnati. And Yoshinobu Yamamoto finished the Reds off in Game 2.
Snell and Yamamoto managed to stand out amid one of baseball's most impressive pitching performances . The duo overpowered the Reds en route to setting a new MLB postseason record. The Dodgers’ top two hurlers both recorded 20+ outs, allowed fewer than five hits, racked up nine strikeouts and earned the victory in back-to-back starts. The feat had never before been accomplished by teammates in the playoffs, per OptaSTATS.
Los Angeles’ pitching staff was banged up for most of the regular season. However, the starters