The Los Angeles Dodgers tied the 1966 Baltimore Orioles for the longest scoreless postseason streak in MLB historical past.
They couldn’t cross it, although.
With a Francisco Lindor solo residence run within the prime of the primary inning of Recreation 2, the Dodgers’ scoreless streak ends at 33 innings pitched.
Nonetheless, 33 innings is nothing to scoff at.
Pitching was purported to be the weak point of this Los Angeles Dodgers workforce within the 2024 postseason.
As a substitute, they’ve been dominant. Traditionally dominant.
The streak started all the way in which again in Recreation 3 of the Nationwide League Division Collection towards the San Diego Padres. After the Padres had a six-run second inning due to some poor Dodgers protection, the Dodgers shut the Padres down for the remainder of Recreation 3. Walker Buehler pitched the primary three innings of the streak. Then, Anthony Banda pitched 1.1 innings, Daniel Hudson pitched 0.2 innings, and Michael Kopech pitched 1.0 innings.
In Recreation 4 of the sequence, the Dodgers utilized a full bullpen sport, and utterly shut down the Padres. Brasier, Banda, Kopech, Alex Vesia, Evan Phillips, Hudson, Blake Treinen, and Landon Knack mixed to close the Padres out throughout 9 innings of labor.
In Recreation 5, the Dodgers bought 5 shutout innings from Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Then, Phillips, Vesia, Kopech, and Treinen closed issues out to take care of the shutout, the scoreless streak, and ship the Dodgers to the NLCS.
The Dodgers entered Recreation 1 of the NLCS with a 24 consecutive scoreless innings streak. They gave the ball to Jack Flaherty in Recreation 1, and he was lights out, giving the Dodgers one in every of their finest NLCS begins in franchise historical past, going seven shutout innings, permitting two hits and two walks whereas putting out six. Hudson pitched a scoreless eighth inning, and rookie Ben Casparius pitched a scoreless ninth inning.
The 2024 Dodgers couldn’t break the document, however they’ll nonetheless go down as one of the vital dominant pitching staffs in postseason historical past for his or her work within the NLDS and NLCS.
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