Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tyler Glasnow have been on a historic run, and they’ve helped the Los Angeles Dodgers pitching staff as a whole make MLB history with their dominance.
The Dodgers have allowed just one run in four consecutive playoff games between the NL Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies and NL Championship Series against the Milwaukee Brewers. During that stretch, they’ve also allowed no more than four hits in any of the games.
With those stats, the Dodgers are the first team in MLB postseason history to pitch four consecutive games while allowing one or fewer runs along with four or fewer hits, according to Sarah Langs of MLB.com:
The Dodgers are the first team in postseason history to allow 1 or 0 runs and 4 hits or fewer in 4 consecutive games
h/t @JayCat11
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) October 17, 2025
In addition, the Dodgers pitching staff has walked fewer than five batters each of those games, while striking out seven or more. No pitching staff in history, during the regular season or postseason, has previously had a stretch of four straight games achieving all those marks, via OptaStats:
In each of the last 4 games, the Dodger pitching staff has:
allowed 1 or 0 runs
allowed fewer than 5 hits
allowed fewer than 5 walks
struck out 7+ battersNo other MLB team in the modern era has done that in 4 straight games at any point, regular season or postseason. pic.twitter.com/it5Pi2JY38
— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) October 17, 2025
Glasnow started the run in Game 4 of the NLDS with six innings pitched, allowing no runs on two hits with eight strikeouts and three walks. That was followed by the bullpen contributing five shutout innings, including three from Roki Sasaki. Emmet Sheehan allowed the only run, which came via an error and two hits allowed.
As a unit, the pitching staff allowed one run on four hits that game while striking out 12 and walking four to punch their ticket to the NLCS.
Game 1 against the Brewers began with Snell tossing eight shutout innings, finishing with just one hit and striking out 10. Sasaki allowed one run on one hit while walking two, but Blake Treinen earned the save with a walk and a strikeout, giving the staff 11 punch outs to three free passes.
The next night, Yamamoto was in total control, tossing a complete game with just one run on three hits with seven strikeouts and one walk.
The record was set on Thursday, when Glasnow gave the Dodgers 5.2 innings of one-run ball, allowing three hits while striking out eight and walking three. From there, Alex Vesia allowed one hit and struck out one, Treinen struck out one, Anthony Banda struck out one, and Roki Sasaki struck out one.
They finished with one run allowed on four hits, adding 12 strikeouts and three walks.
Dodgers starting pitchers leading success
The Dodgers became the first team to have two starting pitchers complete at least eight innings in consecutive playoff games in the same series since former San Francisco Giants teammates Madison Bumgarner and Tim Lincecum in Games 4 and 5 of the 2010 World Series.
“I think if you look at the construction of our roster currently, the strength is starting pitching,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “And when you can have your most talented pitchers get the most outs, then you’re in a good spot.
“Right now, all four of those guys are in a really good headspace. Physically, they’re sound. And you feel good about those guys starting a game and pushing them. They’re prepared for this.”
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