Dodgers NLDS notes: Blake Snell, Freddie Freeman, Didier Fuentes
The Dodgers and Braves shift their National League Division Series to Atlanta, tied at one game apiece. On the off day Monday, let’s look back a little more at the disappointing Game 2 loss by Los Ang
Yahoo Sports · October 5, 2026
Blake Snell got only 11 outs on 90 pitches, and though he only allowed one run, the Dodgers used six relievers to cover the final 5 1/3 innings on Sunday. The Dodgers felt it was more rust than any lingering effects from the left groin discomfort that caused Snell to leave his start early on September 16 in Cincinnati.
"He just was fighting himself with his delivery all game," Roberts said. "I think, in total, didn't have fastball command, didn't have slider command and the changeup wasn't there. … It wasn't the groin. He just wasn't sharp tonight."
All five runs the Dodgers scored in Game 1 came on home runs — two-run shots by Teoscar Hernández and Kyle Tucker, plus a solo shot by Mac Muncy. Then in Game 2 the Dodgers' only two runs were on solo home runs from Freddie Freeman and Muncy. From Kevin Baxter of the Los Angeles Times :
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