Overview
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw a complete game in a 5-1 Game 2 win, allowing three hits with seven strikeouts and one walk after a leadoff homer by Jackson Chourio.
- Blake Snell authored eight shutout innings with one hit, 10 strikeouts and no walks in a 2-1 Game 1 opener, facing the minimum 24 batters.
- The Dodgers survived a ninth-inning scare in Game 1 as Roki Sasaki yielded a run and loaded the bases before Blake Treinen struck out Brice Turang to end it.
- Los Angeles became the first team since the 2016 Giants to log consecutive postseason starts of at least eight innings, underscoring the rotation’s control of the series.
- In the ALCS, the Mariners lead the Blue Jays 2-0 after a 10-3 win in Toronto powered by three-run homers from Julio Rodríguez and Jorge Polanco.