Overview

• The Dodgers won Game 1, 10-5, with Ohtani homering to lead off the first against 100 mph heat and adding a 454-foot two-run blast in the sixth.
• Ohtani’s leadoff shot left the bat at 117.7 mph, the fastest home run off a 100-plus mph pitch since Statcast began tracking in 2015.
• Los Angeles tied its franchise postseason record with five home runs, as Teoscar Hernández also went deep twice and Tommy Edman added a solo shot.
• Blake Snell struck out nine over seven strong innings, yielding two runs, before the bullpen bent in the eighth but preserved the lead.
• Yoshinobu Yamamoto is slated to start Game 2 against Zack Littell, and Dave Roberts said Ohtani would probably take the ball if a deciding Game 3 is needed.