MILWAUKEE -- Few teams have a lineage of great pitching as long as that of the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise. With this postseason, Blake Snell is making that star-studded line longer by one.

Snell dominated the Milwaukee Brewers over eight innings Monday, leading Los Angeles to a 2-1 Game 1 victory in the National League Championship Series before a packed house at American Family Field.

"That was just so good from the start," said Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman , whose sixth-inning homer broke a scoreless tie. "Sometimes it takes an inning or two for someone to settle in. [ Tonight ] it was from the get-go."

Snell held Milwaukee to one hit in going a full eight innings for only the second time in a career that has netted him a pair of Cy Young Awards. He struck ou

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