The scoreline of Recreation 1 of the NLCS will credit score a ninth-inning Mookie Betts stroll with the bases loaded because the game-winning play, however the participant of the sport was beginning pitcher Blake Snell.
Snell made simply 11 begins in his first common season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, however he delivered one other gem in his third begin of the postseason. The 2-time Cy Younger winner tossed eight innings of one-hit, shutout ball with 10 strikeouts and no walks. The trouble dropped his ERA to 0.86 in 21 innings, with wins towards the Reds, Phillies and now Brewers.
The lone batter to achieve towards Snell was Caleb Durbin with a leadoff single within the backside of the third inning, however he was promptly caught stealing within the subsequent at-bat.
Snell has traditionally been a stud within the postseason, and in Recreation 1 he made history along with his fifth-consecutive win with extra strikeouts (40) than innings pitched (31 ⅓) in every outing. He additionally grew to become the primary pitcher since Don Larsen’s legendary good recreation within the 1956 World Sequence to face the minimal variety of batters by means of eight innings of a playoff recreation.
Which brings us to as we speak’s quiz. Snell’s dazzling Recreation 1 efficiency was the twenty fifth time a pitcher recorded 10 strikeouts with out permitting a stroll or a strikeout within the playoffs. With that being mentioned, how lots of the pitchers to do that are you able to identify in 5 minutes?
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