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MILWAUKEE — With Blake Snell starting Game 1 for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Yoshinobu Yamamoto getting the nod for Game 2, that means Shohei Ohtani and Tyler Glasnow won't take the mound until the series shifts to Los Angeles later this week. Asked if he's already decided which games they'll start, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said yes.
The Milwaukee Brewers limited the Los Angeles Dodgers to two runs and pulled off one of the greatest defensive plays in baseball history. It wasn't enough to beat Blake Snell.
The two-time Cy Young winner allowed just one hit and struck out 10 in eight shoutout innings as he led the Dodgers to a 2-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers to seize a 1-0 advantage in the series. Los Angeles is now three wins away from reaching back-to-back World Series.
Blake Snell blazed through the Milwaukee Brewers lineup Monday en route to a 2-1 Dodgers win in NLCS Game 1 that included a wild double play. Freddie Freeman launched a solo home run and a second run scored on a bases-loaded walk,
The Dodgers' bullpen made it dramatic in the end, but L.A. secured a 2-1 victory behind Snell's eight scoreless innings.
Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers will face Christian Yelich and the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series on Monday.
With the NL Championship Series on the horizon, MLB.com Dodgers beat reporter Sonja Chen took questions from fans in an r/Dodgers AMA on Saturday. The full conversation can be viewed here, but below is a sampling of the best questions and answers.