Overview

• Shohei Ohtani led off the bottom of the first inning with a home run to ignite the Dodgers' offense.
• Blake Snell started for Los Angeles while Hunter Greene made his postseason debut for Cincinnati.
• The series is a best-of-three hosted entirely at Dodger Stadium with national broadcasts on ESPN.
• Game 2 is scheduled for Wednesday at 9:08 p.m. ET in Los Angeles.
• Cincinnati reached the postseason on the final day of the regular season after the Mets lost.