We know the Mets-Dodgers NLDS would feature some great starting pitching. We especially knew this to be true of the Game 1 matchup between Jacob deGrom and Clayton Kershaw. What we didn't know is that they'd go out and make history (follow live on Gametracker).
Through six innings, with the Mets leading 1-0, each pitcher had struck out 11 batters.
This marked the first time in baseball history that two pitchers in the same game struck out more than 10 batters apiece in a playoff game.
Previously, the only game in which each pitcher hit double digits came in Game 5 of the 1944 World Series, when Mort Cooper of the St.