[Serious] Next Day Thread ⚾ Dodgers 1 @ Brewers 2 - Miz battles traffic and, grinds into the 5th as Milwaukee holds on to take a 1-0 series lead

[u/Mazzocchi]

Dodgers (0-1) @ Brewers (1-0)

First Pitch: 8:16 PM at American Family Field

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Dodgers	Tarik Skubal (12-7, 2.72 ERA)
Brewers	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5, 1.80 ERA)

MLB	Fangraphs	Reddit Stream	Discord
Gameday	Game Graph	Live Comments	/r/baseball Discord

Line Score - Final

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
LAD	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	9
MIL	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	X	2	6	0	7

ABS Challenges: LAD ● ○ | MIL ● ○

Box Score

MIL		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	Jackson Chourio	4	0	2	0	0	1	.250
2B	Brice Turang	2	1	1	1	1	0	.167
C	William Contreras	3	0	0	0	1	2	.316
1B	Jake Bauers	3	0	1	0	1	2	.267
DH	Andrew Vaughn	3	0	1	0	1	1	.400
CF	Garrett Mitchell	3	1	0	0	1	1	.222
SS	Cooper Pratt	2	0	0	0	0	2	.235
RF	Luis Lara	3	0	1	1	0	2	.167
3B	Joey Ortiz	3	0	0	0	0	2	.077

MIL	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Jacob Misiorowski	4.1	5	1	1	3	5	94-60	3.24
DL Hall	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	0.00
Abner Uribe	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	15-13	0.00
Aaron Ashby	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	26-13	0.00
Trevor Megill	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	19-8	0.00

LAD		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
SS	Mookie Betts	4	0	1	0	1	0	.222
1B	Freddie Freeman	4	0	1	0	0	1	.263
C	Will Smith	3	0	0	0	1	0	.053
DH	Shohei Ohtani	3	1	1	0	1	1	.188
LF	Teoscar Hernández	4	0	2	0	0	1	.250
3B	Max Muncy	4	0	1	0	0	2	.250
CF	Andy Pages	4	0	1	1	0	1	.278
RF	Kyle Tucker	2	0	0	0	2	2	.294
2B	Enrique Hernández	3	0	0	0	0	0	.111
	Josue De Paula	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
	Tommy Edman	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

LAD	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Tarik Skubal	5.0	5	2	2	2	7	81-53	2.45
Alex Vesia	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	16-9	0.00
Evan Phillips	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	17-11	0.00
Tanner Scott	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	9-6	4.91

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T2	Andy Pages singles on a ground ball to right fielder Luis Lara. Shohei Ohtani scores. Teoscar Hernández to 2nd.	1-0
B4	Brice Turang homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field.	1-1
B5	Luis Lara singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Andy Pages. Garrett Mitchell scores.	1-2

Highlights

Description	Length
Luis Lara's RBI single	0:30
Misiorowski's nastiest pitches from NLCS Game 1 start	1:03
Enrique Hernández recovers after bobble for the out	0:11
Abner Uribe sidesteps trouble in the 6th	0:17
Data Viz: Brice Turang's home run	0:30
Tarik Skubal induces flyout, limits the damage	0:08
Luis Lara produce con sencillo	0:31
Jacob Misiorowski strikes out Kyle Tucker	0:11
Brice Turang's solo home run	0:30
Cooper Pratt starts double play to escape jam	0:12
Andy Pages' RBI single	0:31
Ben Sheets' ceremonial first pitch	0:38
Breaking down Jacob Misiorowski's pitches	0:04
Tarik Skubal's outing against the Brewers	0:25
Breaking down Tarik Skubal's pitches	0:04
Visualizing Brice Turang's swing using bat tracking technology	0:11
The distance behind Brice Turang's home run	0:11
Bullpen availability for Los Angeles, October 11 vs Brewers	0:09
Logan Henderson on Game 1 of NLCS vs. the Dodgers	2:19
Starting lineups for Dodgers at Brewers - October 11, 2026	0:10
Bench availability for Milwaukee, October 11 vs Dodgers	0:08
Bench availability for Los Angeles, October 11 vs Brewers	0:08
Bullpen availability for Milwaukee, October 11 vs Dodgers	0:09
Jacob Misiorowski against the Dodgers	0:09
Tarik Skubal against the Brewers	0:08
Probable pitchers for Dodgers at Brewers - October 11, 2026	0:06

Attendance	Weather	Wind
42617	71F, Clear	5 mph, R To L

HP	1B	2B	3B
Edwin Moscoso	Mark Wegner	Ryan Additon	Alan Porter

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[u/see_mohn]

The Hernandez double play when Misiorowski was on the ropes was game saving for the Brewers. 

[u/bigbluethunder → u/see_mohn]

Yepp. Pratt has been shaky so far this post-season, he needed to field cleanly and get it out quickly on that one, and he executed perfectly. Hopefully he can be more solid this series, as we'll need him to be.

Turang makes these turns just look so easy. What a joy he is to watch.

[u/The_Boredom_Line → u/bigbluethunder]

That one to get them out of the 5th was something else. Going to his left, spinning, falling away from second, and still getting enough on the throw, and a perfect strike to Coop nonetheless, was such a difficult play, but he made it look incredibly easy.

[u/atowelguy]

I still don't think that should've been a balk on Misiorowski

[u/Pack87Man → u/atowelguy]

As a Brewers fan, I was less mad about that and more mad that they didn't call a balk on Vesia when he picked off Bauers. You can't be technical letter of the law to one team and loose towards the other. Vesia was nowhere near stepping towards first.

[u/ImaManCheetahh → u/Pack87Man]

lefties and righties have been held to different balk standards forever, I don’t really get it

[u/smellyunderpants → u/Pack87Man]

Vesia wasn't up there doin' a balk like that (or maybe he was, idk what a balk is anymore)

[u/lucasj → u/atowelguy]

It didn’t end up mattering but I’m still pissed about that. There is simply no way that should be a balk by the spirit of the rule, especially not when compared to the Dodgers pickoff a few innings later.

[u/sixpackabs592]

this national league post season has been crazy (for brewers fans at least lol)

No game with a lead over 2

[u/MunchySmallz → u/sixpackabs592]

Since beating Cincinnati 20-0 to lock up a playoff berth on September 11, we have not won any game by more than 4 runs

And one of those 4-run wins we were tied with St. Louis going into the 8th inning

[u/JonnyXX → u/MunchySmallz]

We were 11-3 since then though. Not counting postseason.

[u/MunchySmallz → u/JonnyXX]

Yeah I know I’m saying we’re winning games but it’s always tight 😂

[u/latterdaysasuke]

Miz getting knocked out early looked grim for the Brew Crew. Being able to dig in and squeeze out that 1-run win is huge for their confidence the rest of the series after getting swept last year.

[u/1sinfutureking → u/latterdaysasuke]

Something worth remembering is that this bullpen is nasty. They’re throwing gas and they love to get at it

[u/jkof300 → u/1sinfutureking]

Ashby has been my personal MVP of the post season so far. Dude has been lights out

[u/Doc_JC → u/jkof300]

Hate him so much haha. He’s been nails.

[u/bigbluethunder → u/jkof300]

Same. Ashby looks so insanely locked in.

[u/Our-Gardian-Angel → u/jkof300]

By the time July ended I was worried that he might be fatigued as a result of Murph's bizarre obsession with pitching him what felt like every other game during the regular season. But I'm glad he rediscovered his form in August/September and has looked so good in the postseason so far. When Ashby is looking like this, it makes life so much easier for the pitching staff.

[u/aDarkDarkCrypt → u/Our-Gardian-Angel]

Im not as worried about him considering he originally started out as a starter. Same with Patrick. Theyre built for multiple innings and longevity unlike someone like Megill or Uribe.

[u/atomiczap → u/jkof300]

10000000000% would rather have him get the game 4 start over May. Lot more confident in him putting up 3 scoreless than May.

[u/lucasj → u/latterdaysasuke]

Watching the game I definitely thought Miz looked worse from the 2nd on. Skubal looked much better - until all of a sudden he didn’t. Murphy helped by pulling Miz at the right time. At the end of the day Miz managed the trouble he created while Skubal earned two runs and was looking worse than Miz on fewer pitches by the time he was pulled. Miz’s struggles make me nervous, but even so, he kept them to small hits and prevented them from stringing enough together to get home more than once. Way more pitches than I would’ve liked.

[u/Joementum2004 → u/latterdaysasuke]

Honestly, that was when I knew Milwaukee would win. Not scoring early off Miz was a giant missed opportunity, and their bullpen is so good that it’ll make the end of games virtually automatic.

[u/rednite_]

Great game, it feels good to know we can’t get swept. I hope we can find a way to beat Yama today too. Would be huge to guarantee at least one more game in MKE this year and have a strong series lead.

[u/TelltaleHead]

Feels good to get another win in a game where Mis didn't really have his A stuff. I have to assume we get a good start from him this postseason at some point? 

Feeling generally better than last year where it seemed we were completely overwhelmed offensively. Obviously our offense wasn't amazing last night but it was a significantly higher median quality of at bat last night than in last year's ALCS. It felt like we worked the count more. While we didn't capitalize on them, we did have a few opportunities to blow the game open as opposed to last year where we never even had those opportunities. 

[u/deuteranopia → u/TelltaleHead]

The defense really had his back out there, and the offense did well enough against a tough pitcher to pick up the pieces. I can't wait for this afternoon!

[u/BarcaJeremy4Gov → u/TelltaleHead]

I'm not expecting much more than 4 out of him the rest of the way. he's alrady pitched more innings this year than ever before and hes got at least 3 more starts ahead of him. i'll be thrilled to get through the order once, plus the top 3 or 4 and then give it to the bullpen.

[u/Bhliv169q → u/BarcaJeremy4Gov]

In all fairness, he probably gets into inning 6 if the 2nd inning isn't basically 2.5 innings worth of pitches.

[u/BarcaJeremy4Gov → u/Bhliv169q]

probably, but this is the second start in a row where hes had some command issues, getting a ton of fouls hit instead of swing and misses, and his velo is down a few mph.

[u/Gryphon999 → u/BarcaJeremy4Gov]

He's up over 50 IP from what he had last year between AAA and MIL.

Skubal, on the other hand, is about 40 IP down from the last two years.

[u/BarcaJeremy4Gov → u/Gryphon999]

😬 that makes me nervous for a Skenes type year next year.

[u/houseofmops]

this feels like the World Series

or maybe that’s just me

[u/Denode → u/houseofmops]

Same, but then Rays are just AL Brewers. Either way it’s gonna be an electric NLCS.

[u/kirbyfaraone → u/Denode]

Feels like Rays have better ability to get runs, pitching strong but not as much as Brewers obviously

[u/Desperate_Zebra9699 → u/kirbyfaraone]

Brewers scored .5 runs more per game than the Rays this year and the Rays were also only slightly better than the Brewers for HRs per game. Not sure I believe they have a better ability to get runs. The only argument I could see is for the playoffs, but that sample size is very small.

[u/aDarkDarkCrypt → u/Denode]

It's funny you mention that considering Rasmussen and Peralta both started out as Brewers.

[u/Congenital_Stirpes → u/houseofmops]

I would put good money on whichever team wins this series to win it all

[u/atomiczap → u/Congenital_Stirpes]

I think, just in terms of how good the teams are, its clearly Dodgers 1, Brewers 2, and then a pretty decent gap to the Rays at 3. But I could easily see the Rays coasting to a sweep while the NL is a 7 game, knock down, drag out fight where every game comes down to the wire and whoever comes out on top is gassed and going against a rested Rays team.

[u/GiannisIsTheBeast → u/houseofmops]

Which kind of sucks, if the Brewers beat the Dodgers, it’ll feel like it’s over and then you have to go on and win another series…

Like when the Badgers in basketball beat Kentucky in the final 4 but still had to beat Duke to win the title and they lost… it felt like the championship was verse Kentucky.

[u/crewserbattle → u/GiannisIsTheBeast]

Winslow touched it!

[u/Yankees2860 → u/GiannisIsTheBeast]

or another more recent example. Everyone, and I mean everyone, was saying the winner of the Thunder vs. Spurs series would dominate the NBA Finals, and then the Knicks stunned everyone.

[u/AlbertoRossonero → u/houseofmops]

I felt that way about Phillies-Dodgers last year only for the Blue Jays to give us by far the biggest scare we’ve had in these two title runs. I wouldn’t count out the winner of the AL just yet.

[u/TexasHot]

It’s kind of crazy seeing how few runs are being scored in these games although I suppose it’s a testament to both team teams pitching.

[u/Illustrious-Swan-638 → u/TexasHot]

And defense, The Brewers have played phenomenal defense up until this point

[u/Astropolitika]

The optimistic things I took from this game:

1. Adopting a careful game plan against Mis reminiscent to the Padres and getting him out of the game fairly early

2. As a consequence of 1, seeing a lot of their bullpen arms, which definitely matters for a 7 game series

3. A lot of pressure and baserunners

The bad:

1. Absolutely bad RISP hitting continues. Whether that’s good Brewers pitching, bad approach from the Dodgers, or a bit of luck, it’s obviously going to hurt. The Braves lost in part because none of their 19 walks scored.

2. GIDP. I know the season stats were bad. Yes, it’s a sign of baserunners on. But it’s also probably a factor of the approach, the pitching, and the team being a bit older and slower.

TBD:

1. Starting pitching. Skubal was good, but I think the winning formula for the Dodgers is for their starters to outpitch the Brewers. Hard to do with Mis, and maybe Henderson. Maybe Snell and Glasnow can outpitch Gasser and May. But if the starters can’t, then it looks a lot harder.

[u/gooby1985 → u/Astropolitika]

I have seen the bullpen point made multiple times but I feel like that’s wishful thinking. Dodgers used 4 pitchers, Brewers used 5 but DL Hall threw 4 pitches so pretty much the same. Sanzatela and Patrick can go 2-3 innings, Drohan and Harrison as starters were not ace quality but they can go long. The last three listed haven’t been used yet in the playoffs.

[u/wobba_fett → u/gooby1985]

It is wishful thinking in a way, but this being game 1 i see it as just "experience against some of these arms before they come up again." As opposed to Miz going 7 and dodgers only seeing 1 or 2 guys out of the pen. Some data is better than no data so if we are looking for positives out of a losing game i can see this being a small one.

[u/CobainPatocrator → u/wobba_fett]

Surely they can get more data from a season's-worth of tape than one or two ABs?

[u/postulate4 → u/CobainPatocrator]

Data now is better than data from a month ago.

[u/Astropolitika → u/gooby1985]

Ha, it may indeed be wishful thinking.

The arms I'm most worried about out of your pen are Megill, Uribe, and Ashby, so I'm glad they got to see them game 1.

[u/gooby1985 → u/Astropolitika]

Fair enough. And wishful thinking is part of fandom. I’m more annoyed because I’ve seen this comment spoken like a Buster Olney hit piece about why he thinks the Brewers are actually losing.

[u/samwisegamgee → u/Astropolitika]

If I’m a Dodgers fan, I’m not stressed after this loss. You all were a swing away from breaking this game wide open early on against their best starter. It looked rough, but they were consistently putting pressure on Brewers pitchers all night long, to the bitter end.

Even the Mookie out in the 9th had HR potential, it wasn’t a cheap fly out.

I think the broadcast mentioned a Dave Roberts quote where he said essentially, he’s not worried about the offense because the at-bats themselves look great. Forcing high pitch counts, making loud outs, etc.

Still rooting against you guys 😅 but tbh I’m terrified this series has the makings for a Game 7 heartbreaker for the Brewers.

Maybe I’m projecting my White Sox trauma onto them though 😞

[u/JonnyXX → u/samwisegamgee]

Funny how our minds work. You are not wrong but you could almost say the exact same thing for the Brewers. Got to Skubal early (No way the Dodgers traded for him hoping for 5 innings), saw most of the high leverage bullpen guys, and twice were a hit away from breaking it open.

[u/samwisegamgee → u/JonnyXX]

Oh absolutely agreed on all fronts; and I’d like to clarify that your take was the one I left the game with last night. Since I was replying to a Dodgers fan, I was mostly just shifting my perspective to be Dodgers-centered.

It feels like the prevailing narrative of last night was that the Dodgers offense is anemic, and I don’t think anyone can say that with complete confidence. That team has proven in the past that they will never roll over and die.

Both teams just looked so evenly matched. Honestly a great sign that this series will be tight, and exactly what we were expecting!

[u/Astropolitika → u/samwisegamgee]

I see your Cardinals flair, and I appreciate the mutual trauma our teams gave each of us in our history.

I see your White Sox flair, and share in your grief brother. JRam is just something else. Not the records we wanted them to set, but considering where they were, it was a hell of a turnaround, and they should be proud of what they’ve done. Hoping they can keep and extend some magic next year.

[u/samwisegamgee → u/Astropolitika]

😂 Agreed on all fronts, seriously it was such a fun ride this year! Because both of my teams have been mid-to-atrocious over the last …several years, I’ve slowly gravitated towards becoming a neutral baseball fan who’s in it for the storylines of each season.

Getting to be deeply excited for a team’s success was such a treat …and a reminder of how heartbreaking sports can be.

Anyway, cheers! Hoping there IS a 2027 to be excited for

[u/PapayaLeather3504 → u/Astropolitika]

The Dodgers at bats were extremely good when they weren't hitting into double plays. So many full counts worked and they did a great job at getting Misiorowski's pitch count up. Just gotta hit with runners in scoring position and we'll be in a great spot.

[u/OwnABMWImBetterThanU]

I love that the billion dollar super team gave Skubal the least amount of run support he’s ever had in a postseason start.

[u/totallynotliamneeson → u/OwnABMWImBetterThanU]

You can't expect a plucky little club like the Dodgers to match up with the firepower we expect from Detroit. 

[u/AlbertoRossonero → u/OwnABMWImBetterThanU]

As is tradition with Dodgers aces.

[u/samwisegamgee → u/OwnABMWImBetterThanU]

How does it feel to be a Tigers fan watching Skubal pitch for the Dodgers? Are you rooting for his individual success but hoping for a Dodger loss? Rooting for the Dodgers so he gets a ring?

Just curious how that dynamic feels for yall.

[u/OwnABMWImBetterThanU → u/samwisegamgee]

I want to see him do well because he’s a good guy by all accounts and he enjoyed his time here. But, he’s a mercenary. Reminds me a lot of Scherzer in that way.

[u/Iwon100grand]

Not sure what genius put the 2 east coast teams on as the later game tonight but whoever you are, yo mom's a ho.

[u/BraveSerRobyn → u/Iwon100grand]

Brewers and Padres ended locally at midnight one game and 1 am the next. How was that different?

[u/Iwon100grand → u/BraveSerRobyn]

Not sure what you mean by that. The game will be over by around 5 pm today... The East coast teams game should be done around 9 pm pacific. I'm sure the east coast fans would prefer an earlier game and the west coast fans would prefer a later game. That's the point im making. Also the rating would be way better in LA at 8 or 9npm than 4 pm...

[u/3rythros]

I didn’t realize how dog shit the Dodgers were with runners on.

[u/Denode → u/3rythros]

Doesn’t seem to be much of a difference in plate approach between runners on vs not. It’s a power lineup.

[u/marathonquestionredd → u/Denode]

as a brewer fan i didnt see that at all. most of the at bats were grinders just trying to put something in play and fouling off an historic amount of pitches. there were like 2 HR swings all game

[u/3rythros → u/Denode]

So, you’re saying dog shit all around?

[u/Blackwingdreams_ → u/3rythros]

HRs are fun

[u/Zeke688 → u/Blackwingdreams_]

Fly balls & pop ups were fun for the brewers fans too. 👍

[u/nior_labotomy → u/Blackwingdreams_]

"Chicks dig the long ball"

[u/DeepHouseBear → u/3rythros]

Yup. This offense is straight dookie this year.

[u/dmolin96]

Miz looked rough last night. They had his number. Hope Murphy is giving him a pep talk before his start at Dodger Stadium.

Nevertheless, great win, let's get one more before going west

[u/ArthurMorgansInhaler → u/dmolin96]

He looked rough and held the Dodgers to 1 run. It speaks to how great he is and how good of a "pitcher" he has become to battle through when his fastball isn't at his regular levels.

[u/bigbluethunder → u/ArthurMorgansInhaler]

Also speaks to the quality of our defense. They turned insanely clutch double plays.

[u/AlbertoRossonero → u/ArthurMorgansInhaler]

Also speaks to how crap we’ve been with runners in scoring position these playoffs. Literally the same thing we did over and over again against the Braves.

[u/marathonquestionredd → u/AlbertoRossonero]

thats the playoffs. even the good teams to it. every year. its hard to score in the playoffs when youre always seeing good pitching

[u/Karlor → u/[deleted]]

How can you say they had no discipline when they got his strike count to like 50 in the second inning?

[u/ArthurMorgansInhaler → u/[deleted]]

Yeah. Definitely. That's why they mentioned guys like Freddie shortening up and going opposite field early on. Because guys were swinging for the fences and were just ass vs a pitcher who allowed a .157 BA all year and your team managed to get to him for a ton of singles.

[u/marathonquestionredd → u/[deleted]]

they swung and missed 0 times

[u/RichWardJrJr → u/dmolin96]

Slunk only got 2 more outs than Miz and gave up 1 more run. Skubal also loaded the bases, like Miz.

[u/drunkinmilwaukee → u/dmolin96]

Murphy just needs to give him the paddle before the first inning instead of after 2.

[u/02K30C1 → u/dmolin96]

Trouble locating his off speed pitches, but still pulled through it and induced some double plays. Amazing outing.

[u/crowd79]

Massive game for the Brewers. If they can win and go up 2-0 to LA that guarantees the series gets back to Milwaukee regardless what happens in LA where Brewers have been very good.

[u/Mysterious-Park9142]

Dodgers pitching remains incredible but the offensive slump has to end now that they’re out of the division series. 

[u/catcat1986]

Brewers played great, but I guess people don’t see what I see. Dodgers did have runners LOB, however they were hitting the ball hard and well, it just was at the wrong people. For example, mookie betts last hit was smoked, it was just right at the guy. The center field took like a handful of steps and the ball was on him. Such is baseball.

This will be a good series two good teams both improved from last year. I saw positives from both teams.

[u/Extreme_Reporter9813 → u/catcat1986]

The second hardest hit ball of the game was Garrett Mitchell with the bases loaded in the 8th (106 mph) but was right at the SS to end the inning.

If that ball is hit a couple feet to the right or left, it’s a 4-1 game going into the 9th.

That’s just baseball. Should be a great series.

[u/Time-Examination-436 → u/catcat1986]

Yes it will be a great series and I agree with you assessment. However, this year the Dodgers don't have a lock on it all! They can be had and hoping the Brewers are the ones who do it.

[u/0430ke → u/catcat1986]

You are acting like the Brewers also didn't have just as much traffic and hard hits at people. That's baseball

[u/catcat1986 → u/0430ke]

They didn't. On average dodgers hit better then the brewers, or so says statecast. However, still doesn't guarantee a win. Essentially, number say that the expected average was higher for the dodgers then the brewers.

[u/bigbluethunder]

I still think that the Hernandez recovery was definitionally a tie, and Turang should've been safe there. Insanely lucky recovery by him, if that ball goes any other direction or speed, Turang is obviously safe.

[u/Time-Examination-436]

Congrats Brew Crew from a Padres fan who is hoping you send the Dodgers packing this year!

[u/CruelRuin]

rock fight city. everything matters for 9 innings

[u/totallynotliamneeson]

Can anyone give me a rundown on Yamamoto? I went to watch in game two last year, he was great. But how has he been this year? Obviously he is a great pitcher, but I am seeing losses to the Padres and the Cardinals in September? Does he have some sort of achilles heel?

[u/wobba_fett → u/totallynotliamneeson]

Hes hittable for an inning or two every start or so, it depends on if the opposition can catch it and take advantage before he adjusts. Also no run support.

[u/Queen-Makoto → u/wobba_fett]

Yeah, I don't think there's anything else notable. It's usually the 1st inning though in the Braves series it was randomly the 5th. I think his ERA is like 1 run higher in the 1st and then it drops when you exclude that. I heard announcers describe it as he figures out what's working for him that day with some trial and error and then dials in. His pitch mix is also very evenly spread.

[u/livsjollyranchers → u/wobba_fett]

He's one of the greatest as long as he doesn't have to pitch to Ceddanne Rafaela for some reason

[u/mathgix → u/totallynotliamneeson]

It's traditional dodgers ace treatment, yamamoto has often allowed a run in first innings and then been lights out, but the bats just go cold

[u/totallynotliamneeson → u/mathgix]

That's funny because I remember game two last year, Chourio had the early HR and then he just went into destruction mode and it was brutal to watch haha. 

[u/mathgix → u/totallynotliamneeson]

Yeah that's the yamamoto experience, he can literally throw a complete game even if he gives up like 17 pitches in the first inning. A delight to have him on my team ngl

[u/Glum_Yogurtcloset481 → u/totallynotliamneeson]

man against the braves he looked indestructible. he’s got some shit that goes opposite directions at the same speed that only breaks halfway to the plate. praying to the baseball gods he’s not who he was in the nlcs last year

[u/PapayaLeather3504 → u/totallynotliamneeson]

Wins and losses are a pretty inaccurate way to judge a pitcher considering how heavily they rely on the offense to put runs on the board. Yamamoto is nails.

[u/totallynotliamneeson → u/PapayaLeather3504]

I more meant that they lost those games and Yamamoto gave up a couple runs in each. But yeah, it's not a great metric to measure pitching with in general, I agree. 

[u/Luis_Arraez_Fan → u/totallynotliamneeson]

Dodgers cheating lab has produced the ultimate pitcher

[u/Apprehensive_Code436]

Memo to Brewers hitters, if you get down in the count, 0-2, don’t sit fast ball down the middle, cause it’s not coming!! that’s what the Braves hitters were looking for, now they’re at home, still looking for it, I’m sad to say.

[u/chaosfarmer]

I wrote something similar in the Dodgers sub last night, but I feel like game one, with these teams and that caliber of starter on both sides, was always going to be a one run game in either direction. Ultimately, the functional difference was which team got the solo shot off the ace. It would be FAR more surprising for this series to be a sweep, in either direction. Should be a good one.

[u/_MrFeast]

Hitting with runners on has been an issue since the all star break and doesn’t seem to be getting resolved.

[u/Accomplished-Lab537]

https://giphy.com/gifs/JDbx0yICUNdPW

[u/B-azz-bear08]

When his splitter is on, no one is touching that ball. I’ve never seen someone bend the splitter in either direction

[u/devomke → u/[deleted]]

No it’s not. It’s the same shit he did against the Padres. He’s fine.

[u/tinfoilhats666 → u/[deleted]]

Just shut the fuck up lmao. You have a superstar at every position. Calm down

[u/captain_ahabb → u/[deleted]]

Dodgers had a lot of traffic, just couldn't cash in. I'm not panicking yet.

[u/DeepHouseBear]

This offense is absolutely cooked

Predict we lose 1-0 game 2.

[u/Gemnist]

When your ace is struggling like that out of the gate, it’s going to carry over to the rest of your rotation. Both offenses are struggling, and the Dodgers can easily outlast them with some small ball and a much more complete pitching staff. I’m expecting Andy Pages to be the NLCS MVP as well between this game and the NLDS clincher; he just looks the most solid out of the Dodgers’ lineup right now.

[u/The_Goose5 → u/Gemnist]

A-Rod this you???

[u/spicebo1 → u/Gemnist]

"Here's how this is actually a win for the Dodgers"

[u/DaBusDriva2 → u/spicebo1]

I could see how yesterday looked good for the Dodgers but I am not doing the Darvin Ham 2023 Lakers Nuggets moral victories. It's a must win game today

[u/Gemnist → u/spicebo1]

That’s not what I said. I’m saying that the Dodgers just look a bit more complete at the moment. Also I’m a pragmatist this time of year.