Dodgers barely preserve Blake Snell's win at NLCS opener

The Los Angeles (LA) Dodgers did just enough extra to avoid wasting Blake Snell’s dominant pitching performance.

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BLAKE SNELL, pitcher of LA Dodgers.

Snell allowed just one hit over eight scoreless innings and the Dodgers held on for a 2-1 victory when the Milwaukee Brewers left the bases loaded in the ninth inning of the National League Championship Series (NLCS) opener on Monday.

Freddie Freeman hit a solo homer in the sixth inning and Los Angeles increased the lead to 2-0 in the top of the ninth when Mookie Betts drew a bases-loaded walk.

Roki Sasaki replaced Snell to open the bottom of the ninth and issued a one-out walk to Isaac Collins. Pinch hitter Jake Bauers followed with a ground-rule double to center, forcing Collins to halt at third. Jackson Chourio followed with a sacrifice fly to cut the lead to 2-1.