"Los Angeles Dodgers left-handed pitcher Blake Snell had a Cy Young-like performance on Wednesday night against the Philadelphia Phillies ... literally. Snell pitched seven innings of shutout baseball, allowing just two hits and two walks while striking out 12. More news: Dodgers' Max Muncy Still Dealing With Symptoms After Hit By Pitch On Head Over his last two starts, Snell has now struck out at least 11 batters while allowing two or fewer hits, two or fewer walks, zero runs and zero extra-base hits."
"Manager Dave Roberts started walking out of the dugout to potentially take Snell, who was at 107 pitches, out of the game. "You know what, in that situation, I was actually 50/50," Roberts said after the game regarding whether or not he was going to take Snell out. "Obviously, 99.9 percent of the time, I've got my decision made. But in that moment, I was kind of up in the air." Snell already had his mind made up."
Blake Snell threw seven shutout innings against the Philadelphia Phillies, yielding two hits and two walks while striking out 12 and recording 24 whiffs on 112 pitches. Over his last two starts, Snell has struck out at least 11 batters while allowing two or fewer hits, two or fewer walks, zero runs and zero extra-base hits. OptaSTATS notes the only other modern-era pitcher to accomplish that in back-to-back starts in a season was Cy Young in 1905. Snell faced trouble in the seventh with two on and two outs, stayed in at 107 pitches, and escaped the jam as the Dodgers led 3-0.
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