Dodgers choose Skubal for NLCS Game 1, Yamamoto for Game 2

The Los Angeles Dodgers will start Tarik Skubal in NLCS Game 1 against Milwaukee on Sunday and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Game 2, manager Dave Roberts confirmed. Official update.

Los Angeles enters the championship series after its four starters combined for a 1.69 ERA against Atlanta in the Division Series. They allowed four earned runs over 21⅓ innings, with 27 strikeouts and 13 walks.

Skubal worked six innings with seven strikeouts in the opener. Blake Snell followed with 3⅔ innings in Game 2, allowing three hits and five walks. Yamamoto pitched seven innings with 10 strikeouts in Game 3.

Tyler Glasnow allowed one hit over 4⅔ innings in the 4–1 Game 4 clincher, striking out five and walking five. Each starter was charged with one earned run, and the four combined to allow 10 hits.

Sunday’s NLCS opener is at American Family Field at 6 p.m. Mountain Time. Milwaukee will start Jacob Misiorowski. Yamamoto’s Monday assignment gives him five days of rest after his Tuesday start against Atlanta.

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