Dodgers’ postseason consecutive scoreless innings record ends

LOS ANGELES — Dodgers rookie reliever Ben Casparius had sufficient at stake when he took the mound for the ninth inning of Sport 1 of the Nationwide League Championship Collection on Sunday. He had no thought a Main League file hung within the steadiness.

“I came upon after the sport,” Casparius mentioned. “I am truthfully glad it was after the sport, and it wasn’t previous to it.”

“I had that thought, too,” mentioned veteran reliever Daniel Hudson.

“I threw some good pitches and he fouled them off, after which I threw a foul one and he did what you are speculated to do with it,” mentioned Brasier, who battled Lindor for eight pitches. “That is what occurs generally whenever you get a very good hitter like that.”

“A bullpen day the place you do not know what you are going to be going through, for us to get the primary one throughout the board was essential,” Mets supervisor Carlos Mendoza mentioned.

It was a very good run whereas it lasted. Whereas the Orioles employed solely 4 pitchers throughout their scoreless run towards the Dodgers within the 1966 World Collection, these Dodgers used 12 pitchers throughout their very own streak, beginning with Walker Buehler bouncing again from a six-run second inning in Sport 3 of the NL Division Collection towards the Padres.

For the file, listed below are the Dodgers pitchers who mixed to make historical past:

Buehler (one look throughout the streak)
Anthony Banda (two appearances)
Hudson (three)
Michael Kopech (three)
Brasier (one)
Alex Vesia (two)
Evan Phillips (two)
Blake Treinen (two)
Landon Knack (one)
Yoshinobu Yamamoto (one)
Jack Flaherty (one)
Casparius (one)

Alongside the way in which, these pitchers mixed to carry opponents to a .127 common, together with 0-for-14 with runners in scoring place, and allowed just one baserunner previous second base. They received three consecutive shutouts in Video games 4-5 of the NLDS and Sport 1 of the NLCS, matching the 1966 Orioles and the 1905 New York Giants as the one groups to do this within the postseason.

“That is cool,” mentioned Dodgers catcher Will Smith, who was behind the plate for each inning. “It has been a very good streak for our guys.”