#postseason-pitching

#postseason-pitching

Blake Snell faltered in Game 1, exposing the Dodgers' vulnerable bullpen, which allowed nine runs in a single inning. The Dodgers' World Series hopes rest entirely on their elite rotation because their bullpen cannot survive even one mediocre start by any of their starters. Future starts by Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow and Shohei Ohtani must reach deep into games to shield a bullpen the team knew was their greatest weakness.

A wild 404-foot double play that made MLB postseason history. A brilliant October pitching performance of a kind we haven't seen since 1956. A near-miss bases-loaded hit by pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning that would have tied the game. The opener of the National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Milwaukee Brewers had a little bit of everything.

Cal Raleigh homered, Jorge Polanco drove in the go-ahead run with a sixth-inning single and the Seattle Mariners beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 Sunday night as they returned to the AL Championship Series for the first time in 24 years. George Springer homered on the first pitch from Bryce Miller, who then escaped a two-on jam in a 27-pitch first inning. Anthony Santander singled in the second for Toronto's only other hit, and Seattle pitchers retired 23 of the Blue Jays' final 24 batters.

Schlittler, 24, who beat out Gil for the third rotation spot down the stretch of the regular season, struck out 12 in eight innings in the Yankees' 4-0 victory over the Red Sox in the deciding Game 3 of their AL Wild Card Series. He became the first pitcher in MLB history to throw at least eight scoreless innings with at least 12 strikeouts and no walks in a postseason game.