Did Blake Snell just pitch the greatest NLCS game in Dodger history?

Phil Gurnee ♦ October 14, 2025 ♦ 1 Comment

Blake Snell takes over first place with the top Los Angeles Dodger NLCS game score with his masterpiece last night on 10/13/25. It had been fifty-one years since a Dodger had pitched that great a game score but was it the greatest NLCS Dodger game ever?
Snell, Sutton, John all pitched brilliantly but they were either games one or two. Orel Hershiser pitched his brilliant game in game seven against the Mets to close out one of the greatest NLCS series in history. Don Sutton pitched two fantastic games giving the Dodgers the wins in game one and game 4 in the 1974 NLCS. You won’t find anyone else on this list that pitched two brilliant games (game score over 75) in the same series. Fernando closed out the Expos in 1981 when the series was only five games. The strangest name on on this list might be Vincene Padilla. I’d think everyone else on the list is a household Dodger name. Hey, it was just a year ago that Jack Flaherty shocked everyone with his game one NLCS gem. For my money, my top game list would go like this:
1 – Orel on 10/12/88 to close out Mets in game 7
2 – Fernando on 10/19/81 to close out Montreal in game 5
3 – Don Sutton’s brilliant 1974 NLCS series in game one and game 4
4 – Blake Snell for sheer dominance in an era where getting 24 outs is a rarity
5 – Clayton Kershaw for dominating the eventual World Champion Cubs in Game 2 / 2016

                                                                              
Player                GmSc SeriesV Gm       Date Opp     Result  IP H ER BB SO
Blake Snell             90    NLCS  1 2025-10-13 MIL      W 2-1 8.0 1  0  0 10
Don Sutton              84    NLCS  1 1974-10-05 PIT      W 3-0 9.0 4  0  1  6
Tommy John              81    NLCS  2 1978-10-05 PHI      W 4-0 9.0 4  0  2  4
Orel Hershiser          80    NLCS  7 1988-10-12 NYM      W 6-0 9.0 5  0  2  5
Clayton Kershaw         78    NLCS  2 2016-10-16 CHC      W 1-0 7.0 2  0  1  6
Don Sutton              78    NLCS  4 1974-10-09 PIT     W 12-1 8.0 3  1  1  7
Jack Flaherty           77    NLCS  1 2024-10-13 NYM      W 9-0 7.0 2  0  2  6
Fernando Valenzuela     77    NLCS  5 1981-10-19 MON      W 2-1 8.2 3  1  3  6
Zack Greinke            75    NLCS  1 2013-10-11 STL L 2-3 (13) 8.0 4  2  1 10
Tommy John              75    NLCS  4 1977-10-08 PHI      W 4-1 9.0 7  1  2  8
Clayton Kershaw         74    NLCS  5 2018-10-17 MIL      W 5-2 7.0 3  1  2  9
Hyun Jin Ryu            74    NLCS  3 2013-10-14 STL      W 3-0 7.0 3  0  1  4
Rich Hill               72    NLCS  3 2016-10-18 CHC      W 6-0 6.0 2  0  2  6
Vicente Padilla         71    NLCS  2 2009-10-16 PHI      W 2-1 7.1 4  1  1  6
Clayton Kershaw         70    NLCS  2 2013-10-12 STL      L 0-1 6.0 2  0  1  5
Don Sutton              69    NLCS  2 1977-10-05 PHI      W 7-1 9.0 9  1  0  4
Tim Belcher             68    NLCS  2 1988-10-05 NYM      W 6-3 8.1 5  3  3 10
Burt Hooton             68    NLCS  4 1981-10-17 MON      W 7-1 7.1 5  0  3  5
Jerry Reuss             68    NLCS  1 1983-10-04 PHI      L 0-1 8.0 5  1  3  3
Orel Hershiser          66    NLCS  1 1988-10-04 NYM      L 2-3 8.1 7  2  1  6
Clayton Kershaw         66    NLCS  5 2017-10-19 CHC     W 11-1 6.0 3  1  1  5
Burt Hooton             65    NLCS  1 1981-10-13 MON      W 5-1 7.1 6  0  3  2
Fernando Valenzuela     65    NLCS  2 1983-10-05 PHI      W 4-1 8.0 7  1  4  5
Fernando Valenzuela     65    NLCS  5 1985-10-14 STL      L 2-3 8.0 4  2  8  7

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