The Los Angeles Dodgers continue to make baseball history in the 2024 season.
The Dodgers are underway in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series against the New York Mets and have already made history.
The Dodgers have set a new National League record for consecutive scoreless innings at 29.
The 1905 New York Giants held the previous N.L. record as they pitched 28 scoreless innings in October.
The Dodgers are looking to move to 1-0 series lead to start this seven-game series against the Mets.
The streak started in the third inning of Game 3 of the National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres. After giving up six runs in the second inning after some questionable plays by the Dodgers defense, the pitching staff have been lights out.
The Dodgers bullpen is arguably the best remaining of the four teams in the postseason. Guys like Blake Treinen, Ryan Brasier, Evan Phillips, Daniel Hudson, Alex Vesia, and Michael Kopech have been everything, and then some for Los Angeles.
Prior to the start of the NLCS, the streak was at 24 innings against the red-hot Padres. The Dodgers went to hell and back in that Game 3 against San Diego, but since that forgettable second inning, the Dodgers bullpen found something. That inning and whatever they found became a big reason they found a way to win in five games against their division rivals.
The Dodgers went with a bullpen game in Game 4 of the NLDS and were lights out. They had eight different pitchers combined for zero runs, two walks, eight strikeouts, and seven hits in 146 total pitches.
In Game 5 of the NLDS, the Dodgers tuned to their $325 million man, Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Many wanted another bullpen game from the Dodgers. Still, Yamamoto shut those naysayers down immediately, pitching five scoreless innings and allowing only two hits, zero runs, one walk, and two sit-outs in 63 pitches.
On Sunday, for Game 1 of the NLCS, Jack Flaherty carried that momentum and broke that record. In his outing, he recorded seven scoreless innings and allowed only two hits, two walks, and six strikeouts in 98 pitches.
Flaherty was coming off Game 2 of the NLDS, where he was not himself. He recorded a 6.75 ERA after pitching 5.1 innings and allowed four earned runs. However, he was much more consistent and controlled against the Mets, which led to the Dodgers doing their thing on offense.
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