"The last time Snell and Yamamoto pitched, they provided historic outings, combining for 17 innings of one-run ball with just four hits allowed and 17 strikeouts to only one walk. Tyler Glasnow then followed them up with a gem of his own, while Shohei Ohtani closed out the series with arguably the greatest game in MLB history, tossing six shutout innings with 10 strikeouts and adding three homers at the plate."
"With every great starting staff, you've got to have that anchor. Blake has always been a finisher. Starting the way the season started, to have him get back, to pitch the way he did, sort of raised the bar for everyone. I thought got Yamamoto even better, got Glas even better, Shohei. And it just allowed for us to not only prevent a couple losing streaks, but just win games, win series, win seven out of 10, eight out of 10, things like that. It was really good to see our starting pitching push one another."
Starting pitching has been the Dodgers' primary strength during their run to the World Series. Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow and Shohei Ohtani constitute four aces capable of starting Game 1 against the Toronto Blue Jays. The team plans to repeat the NLCS rotation for the first two games, with Snell starting Game 1 and Yamamoto Game 2. Snell's dominance allows flexibility to use him in a potential Game 5 and out of the bullpen in Game 7. Recent performances included 17 innings of one-run ball from Snell and Yamamoto, Glasnow's strong outing, and Ohtani's six shutout innings with 10 strikeouts and three homers.
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