"The regular season is finally over and for the first time under this playoff format, the Dodgers (93-69) have to play in a three-game Wild Card series. They ended the season strong with a 6-1 win in Seattle on Sunday to end the season on a five-game winning streak and won the division by three games over the Padres, who begin a series in Chicago today as well."
"The Dodgers play host to the six-seed in the Wild Card round, which surprisingly ended up being the Reds. Cincinnati (83-79) took advantage of a huge Mets'ing and won eight of the final 11 games to secure the final spot in the playoffs. They did lose the finale on Sunday, but the Mets were blanked by the Marlins (which is the funniest possible way to end a collapse like that) clinching a spot for the Reds."
"Sam wrote a nice series preview yesterday, so I'll just add that the Dodgers took five of six games against the Reds this season. The series in Cincinnati was close (and humid as hell), as the Dodgers took two of three but had a +1 run differential in the three games. They met in LA a month later and the Dodgers swept and scored more runs in each game (7, 6 and 5) than the Reds scored in the series (4)."
"Snell only made 11 starts after missing four months with a shoulder issue, but the Dodgers did mostly get second-half Snell. He started the Dodgers' domestic Opening Day and allowed two runs through five innings and made his next start against Atlanta, allowing no earned runs in four innings but he did allow five unearned after a pair of errors. He was dealing with shoulder pain after that and ended up making his next start in August."
The Dodgers finished 93-69, closed the regular season on a five-game winning streak, and won the division by three games over the Padres. The Reds finished 83-79 after winning eight of their final 11 games to claim the last playoff spot amid a Mets collapse. The Dodgers won five of six games against Cincinnati during the season, including a three-game sweep in Los Angeles. Blake Snell will start Game 1 after missing four months with a shoulder issue; he made 11 starts late in the season and posted a 2.41 ERA, 2.31 FIP, 68 strikeouts and 18 walks in 52 1/3 innings.
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