Blake Snell Confirmed as Dodgers' Game 1 Starter for NLCS Against Brewers

Blake Snell has been confirmed by Dodgers manager Dave Roberts as the Game 1 starter for the National League Championship Series against the Milwaukee Brewers. This decision places Snell in a position to potentially pitch again on four days' rest in Game 5 of the series. Snell enters the NLCS having posted a strong 1.38 ERA in his first two postseason outings. His start will kick off the Dodgers' series, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto now slated for Game 2, pushing Shohei Ohtani's next pitching appearance to later in the series.