Backed by chants of “MVP! MVP!” Shohei Ohtani was 2 for 4 with a walk while scoring two runs and driving in another.
By Beth Harris, Associated PressLos Angeles Dodgers pitcher Jack Flaherty throws during the seventh inning in Game 1 of a baseball NL Championship Series against the New York Mets, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles knocked out a wild Kodai Senga in the second inning, built a six-run lead by the fourth and matched the scoreless record set by Baltimore Orioles pitchers over the first four games of the 1966 World Series against the Dodgers. Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy, right, tags out New York Mets' Jesse Winker at third base after a single by Jose Iglesias during the fifth inning in Game 1 of a baseball NL Championship Series, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Los Angeles. Flaherty allowed two hits over seven innings in the Dodgers’ first scoreless postseason start of seven-plus innings since Clayton Kershaw’s eight innings in the 2020 NL Wild Card Series.
Flaherty got a hug from Roberts and then the pitcher hugged his mother who sat behind home plate. Some of his buddies from their Little League days in the San Fernando Valley were on hand, too. Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani hits an RBI double during the fourth inning in Game 1 of a baseball NL Championship Series, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Los Angeles.
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