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Blake Snell pitched eight dominant innings, allowing only one hit and no walks while striking out ten batters.
Snell led the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 1 of the NLCS.
He altered his usual pitching strategy, throwing fewer fastballs and relying more on his changeup.
Blake Snell has thrown a no-hitter and won two Cy Young Awards. He’s struck out nine in a World Series game, twice.
And yet this outing against the Milwaukee Brewers was maybe as dominant a performance as he’s ever delivered.
Eight innings. One hit. No runs. Ten strikeouts. No walks. Forty-thousand onlookers helplessly anguished.
The Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander turned in one of the best postseason pitching performances in recent history, one that wa