LOS ANGELES — Jack Flaherty went seven scoreless innings, Shohei Ohtani had two hits and scored twice, and the Los Angeles Dodgers rolled to a 9-0 victory over the visiting New York Mets in Sport 1 of the Nationwide League Championship Sequence on Sunday.
Daniel Hudson and Ben Casparius every pitched an inning for the Dodgers, who prolonged their scoreless streak to 33 consecutive innings to tie a postseason file. Los Angeles has not allowed a run because the second inning of Sport 3 within the NL Division Sequence towards the San Diego Padres.
Mookie Betts had a three-run double, Max Muncy had a two-run single and Freddie Freeman had two hits with an RBI whereas enjoying on a sprained proper ankle because the Dodgers received their fifth consecutive sport over the Mets going again to the common season.
Flaherty (1-1) gave up two hits with two walks and 6 strikeouts.
Proper-hander Kodai Senga (0-1) gave up three runs with 4 walks and lasted simply 1 1/3 innings for the Mets, who misplaced an opener for the primary time in three sequence this postseason.
New York had simply three hits, all singles.
The Dodgers turned three consecutive walks within the first inning into two runs on Muncy’s single earlier than making the most of Senga’s generosity once more within the second inning. Gavin Lux walked to steer off the inning and scored on a single by Ohtani for a 3-0 lead.
Ohtani was then thrown out by Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez attempting to steal second base, ending his streak of 36 consecutive profitable makes an attempt going again to July 22.
The Dodgers took a 4-0 lead within the fourth inning when Enrique Hernandez singled and scored on a Tommy Edman single. Ohtani adopted with a single off the right-field wall for a 5-0 benefit, with Edman scoring after proper fielder Starling Marte bobbled the ball. Freddie Freeman made it 6-0 on a single to left.
Flaherty didn’t permit successful till the Mets’ Jesse Winker opened the fifth with a single. The hit ended the Dodgers’ streak of 28 consecutive batters retired, going again to the third inning of Sport 5 within the NLDS.
The Los Angeles scoreless streak is an NL file and tied the Baltimore Orioles main league-best run of 33 consecutive innings within the 1966 World Sequence that led to a sweep of the Dodgers.
–Doug Padilla, Subject Stage Media
