Blake Snell was brilliant, and he had to be in a tense, low-scoring Game 1 of the National League Championship Series. The Dodgers left-hander struck out 10 in eight scoreless innings in a 2-1 squeaker over the Brewers on Monday night in Milwaukee.

Snell allowed a leadoff single to Caleb Durbin in the third inning, but one out later picked him off first base. Snell retired his final 17 batters in a row to finish off his night, facing the minimum 24 batters. It’s the longest postseason start by Clayton Kershaw in 2020 of the Game 2 wild card series, also against the Brewers.

Snell struck out nine in his two previous starts this postseason, making him just the second Dodgers pitcher with three starts with at least nine strikeouts in the same postseason, along with Sandy Koufax in the 1965

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