After a long marathon to the finish line, the Dodgers wrap up their regular season Sunday afternoon against the San Francisco Giants, looking to win their 100th game for the first time since 2023.
On the penultimate game of the season, Blake Snell wrapped up his final tune-up on Saturday, tossing four shutout innings while striking out three and not allowing a walk in the Dodgers’ 4-3 win over the Giants. It was Snell’s first start since exiting early against the Cincinnati Reds on September 16, but
Saturday proved that Snell is ready for October, with added extra time being a an added bonus for the left-hander.
There were some issues that only limited Snell to less than half of Saturday’s contest, but he is looking forward to at least a week’s worth of rest to perfect his craft heading into October, per Sonja Chen of MLB.com.
“Really encouraged by it, and just happy to get my legs underneath and get going and completely move past the groin,” Snell said. “I mean, it felt great today, and the velo was good. And was inconsistent — I’ve got to figure my body out a little more, but I got a week to do so, and I’m really looking forward to that.”
Shohei Ohtani has performed decently over his four games since being activated off the injured list, but the team is optimistic that the best is yet to come, per Mirjam Swanson of the Los Angeles Times.
“I hope that’s a sign of things to come,” manager Dave Roberts said. “Even … taking the first slider from Robbie Ray [on Wednesday] for a ball got him into a good count. Whereas the last couple weeks, [it was] really hair on fire, swinging and chasing. It’s a hard way to make a living that way, right?”
Both Roki Sasaki and Tanner Scott are lock-ins for the postseason bullpen, with the former hoping to revamp his ferocity out of the bullpen and the latter looking to make his first big statement with the Dodgers in the postseason, per Dylan Hernandez of the California Post.
Per Scott: “October is about winning every single game. It really doesn’t matter what roles you get asked to do. Just go out there and do it.”
