MILWAUKEE, WI—Blake Snell was remarkable, pitching eight scoreless innings in Game One of the National League Championship Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers won another nail biter. Defeating the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1, taking a 1-0 Series lead.

Obviously, runs were hard to come by in this hard-fought pitching duel. Freddie Freeman hit a solo homer for Los Angeles to break a scoreless tie in the sixth.

Freeman’s homer came after the Brewers thwarted a couple of Los Angeles opportunities, most notably on a bizarre 8-6-2 double play that was inches away from becoming a Max Muncy grand slam.

Teoscar Hernandez made a blunder on the base pads at third base, but we won the game so it’s fine.

Snell showed Monday how much of a difference he can make. The two-time Cy Young Award winner walked none and allowed only one hit — a leadoff single by Caleb Durbin in the third.

He became the first pitcher to face the minimum 24 batters through eight innings in a postseason game since Don Larsen pitched his perfect game for the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1956 World Series.

In the bottom of the ninth, Dave Roberts handed the ball to rookie Roki Sasaki in the ninth after Snell struck out 10 batters and threw 103 pitches.

Sasaki had worked 5.1 scoreless innings while adjusting to a bullpen role in the NL Division Series against Philadelphia, but he wasn’t nearly as sharp Monday.

It didn’t fare too well for Sasaki.

Isaac Collins drew a one-out walk and Jake Bauers hit a ground-rule double that bounced over the center-field wall. Jackson Chourio hit a sacrifice fly that scored Collins and advanced pinch runner Brandon Lockridge to third. Christian Yelich walked on a 3-2 pitch low and outside.

Roberts put in Blake Treinen, the 37-year-old vet to slam the door. Treinen struck out Brice Turang with a high fastball with the bases loaded to end the game.

Something about these 2-1 games, thrilling as they are, also have a tendency to induce ulcers.

Game Two is tomorrow, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto taking the mound for Los Angeles against Freddy Peralta in a matchup of All-Stars.

All of the NLCS will air on TBS, first pitch is 5:08 pm.