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SAN FRANCISCO — In Blake Snell’s final start of the regular season on Saturday, the stats didn’t matter so much.
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stats → matter → Saturday
Just that his previously ailing groin was no longer an issue.
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groin → ail → ?
The last time Snell pitched, of course, his late-season health status was thrown into sudden doubt.
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status → pitch → doubt
He managed just one inning during his Sept. 16 start in Cincinnati.
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He → manage → Cincinnati
He made an early exit because of tightness in his left groin.
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He → make → groin
And for a few days, there was concern about what it would mean for his postseason availability — and the state of the Dodgers’ rotation.
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it → be → rotation
Those fears died down quickly, though.
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fears → die → ?
Over the last week, Snell’s groin improved enough to throw a couple of bullpen sessions.
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groin → improve → sessions
Thus, for one final time before the playoffs, he took the mound in the Dodgers’ 4-3 win against the Giants on Saturday and assuaged any health concerns for good (or so the Dodgers hope).
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Dodgers → take → concerns
Though he allowed just one run, he managed only four innings on an inefficient 77 pitches, failing to reach the five-inning target manager Dave Roberts had roughly set before the game.
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Roberts → allow → game
Still, all the Dodgers wanted to see was him get through the day healthy.
“If he can go five innings and come out of it feeling great, that’d be fantastic,” Roberts said.
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Roberts → want → it
Roberts acknowledged there was some consideration given this week to just skipping Snell’s last start and letting him rest up for the playoffs, perhaps by giving him a session of live batting practice instead.
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him → acknowledge → practice
However, the club was wary of giving the two-time Cy Young Award winner too long of a pre-October layoff.
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club → give → layoff
And though he has a history of left groin issues — battling three separate episodes over the last half-decade that each sidelined him for at least three weeks to a month — Roberts noted there was enough improvement with Snell’s groin to throw him out one more time.
“There was a lot of confidence that he’s in a great spot,” Roberts said.
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Roberts → have → spot
The Dodgers will need more out of Snell in the playoffs than they got on Saturday, when he gave up five hits, struck out only three batters and (despite not issuing a walk) didn’t always seem thrilled with his command and execution.
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he → need → command
Still, on the whole, he finished the 2026 regular season with sterling numbers when he pitched, going 4-1 with a 1.90 ERA in nine starts — having missed much of the campaign with a shoulder injury that sidelined him for the first month, then a surgical procedure to remove loose bodies from his elbow after just one initial outing back.
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that → finish → outing
For the National League Division Series, Snell seems likely to slot in as the Dodgers’ Game 3 starter — likely behind Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Game 1 and Tarik Skubal in Game 2, though Roberts was adamant Saturday that no decisions about the pitching staff have yet been made.
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decisions → seem → staff
If the Dodgers save Snell for Game 3 — which would be in a week and a half on Oct. 6 — it would give the 33-year-old even more time to keep rounding back into form and ensure that his groin will not linger as an impediment.
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groin → save → impediment
Saturday, however, took care of much of that worry.
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Saturday → take → worry
Now, the Dodgers will know for certain what they have with their starting pitching group, going into the playoffs with Yamamoto, Skubal, Snell and Tyler Glasnow having all gotten through their final regular-season starts.
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Yamamoto → know → starts
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