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Dodgers NLCS player grades: Tarik Skubal makes too many mistakes in Game 1 loss

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Harris, J. (2026, October 12). Dodgers NLCS player grades: Tarik Skubal makes too many mistakes in Game 1 loss. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/12/sports/dodgers-nlcs-player-grades-tarik-skubal-makes-too-many-mistakes-in-game-1-loss/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-12 · by Jack Harris

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This article provides performance grades for each Los Angeles Dodgers player following their 2-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series. Key players graded include Mookie Betts with a B, Freddie Freeman with a C, and Shohei Ohtani with a B. Tarik Skubal, who started the game for the Dodgers, received a C-, marking his first time not completing six innings in his playoff career due to several mistakes that led to runs scoring against him.
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NLCS Game 1: Brewers Defeat Dodgers 2-1

Written for “Dodgers Versus Brewers NLCS” on 2026-11-03, grounded in this article and the 15 other(s) covering the same event.

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📰 Dodgers Versus Brewers NLCS
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Jack Harris
92 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 What Friedman didn’t do, however, was say that the Dodgers would be all-in on Skubal this winter, or that they would do whatever it takes to lock him up in a free agency process that is expected to end with the soon-to-be 30-year-old breaking Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s record guarantee of $325 million for a pitcher.
🔮 After the team was eliminated from the National League Championship Series last week, Ohtani said he was not sure if he would need any offseason procedures.
🔮 When a new CBA is struck, and what changes to the league’s financial structure it could possibly entail, is still anyone’s guess.
🔮 This season, the group couldn’t replicate that success, enduring adversity during an injury-plagued regular season and then failure against a relentless Brewers offense in the team’s National League Championship Series elimination.
🔮 “Yes, definitely,” Ohtani said through interpreter Will Ireton on Thursday night, when asked if he intended to return to pitching in 2027.
🔮 Rojas will remain in the Dodgers’ organization moving forward, having agreed to transition into player development after 2026 when he re-signed as a free agent with the club this winter.
🔮 Instead, despite a 100-win regular season and league-record $432 million payroll, the two-time defending champions were eliminated in the National League Championship Series by the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday, ending their bid for history and sending them into an uncertain offseason –– one that could include an extended lockout, notable changes to the roster, and existential questions about how to retool around their aging veteran core.
🔮 Just a fourth-straight loss and an embarrassing elimination that will send the Dodgers into a long, regretful winter full of future uncertainty.
🔮 After striking out in his first at-bat Thursday night, Ohtani delivered the kind of moment the Dodgers had been waiting for all October, unloading on a down-and-in cutter from ex-Dodger Dustin May to give the Dodgers an early 4-0 lead in their elimination game.
🔮 Whenever the offseason arrives, notable changes could be coming to the Dodgers’ clubhouse. Freeman and Muncy won’t be going anywhere, nor will other core veterans such as Mookie Betts, Will Smith or Shohei Ohtani. But Miguel Rojas is likely to retire.
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Topics

Dodgers Game 1 MILWAUKEE the Milwaukee Brewers the National League Championship Series

Subjects

Dodgers ORG · 3× Brice Turang PERSON · 2× Dave Roberts PERSON · 2× Misiorowski PERSON · 2× Drew PERSON · 1× Freddie Freeman PERSON · 1× Jacob Misiorowski PERSON · 1× MILWAUKEE GPE · 1× Mookie Betts PERSON · 1× the Milwaukee Brewers ORG · 1×

Narrative

Freddie Freeman: C Hit a trademark opposite-field single off Jacob Misiorowski in the first, but also a double-play grounder that ended the fifth inning four pitches after Misiorowski’s exit.
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🔮 He finally reached base with a walk in the eighth, but it might be time for him to move down in the lineup.

Claims (17 extracted, 2 hedged)

Freddie Freeman: C Hit a trademark opposite-field single off Jacob Misiorowski in the first, but also a double-play grounder that ended the fifth inning four pitches after Misiorowski’s exit. asserted
that → Hit → exit
After an ugly 1-for-16 performance in the NLDS, Smith rolled into an inning-ending double-play in the first, then weakly flied out his next two times. asserted
Smith → roll → first
He finally reached base with a walk in the eighth, but it might be time for him to move down in the lineup. uncertain
him → reach → lineup
Teoscar Hernández: B Epitomized the Dodgers’ approach against Misiorowski with a pair of singles the other way early on. asserted
Hernández → epitomize → singles
D Had a sixth-inning single, but also struck out twice. asserted
D → have → single
Also booted a grounder at third that helped create a bases-loaded jam in the fifth, ultimately contributing to Tarik Skubal’s early exit from the game. asserted
that → boot → game
B Drove in the game’s first run with an opposite-field single in the second. asserted
B → drive → second
B Worked an impressive 10-pitch walk in the Dodgers’ second-inning rally, then another free pass that briefly delayed defeat with two outs in the ninth. asserted
that → work → ninth
Kiké Hernández: D Hit into first, and most costly, double-play of the night with the bases loaded in the second. asserted
bases → Hit → second
Tarik Skubal: C- Was dominant early, striking out six of first nine batters (including three on three pitches). asserted
C- → strike → pitches
Then paid for a leadoff walk in the fifth, which allowed the Brewers to play some #BrewerBall (sac bunt, RBI single). asserted
Brewers → pay → BrewerBall
First time in his playoff career he didn’t complete six innings. asserted
he → complete → innings
Evan Phillips: B+ Struck out the side in the seventh in his first full inning of work this postseason. asserted
Phillips → strike → work
Still, he has looked sharp so far this October. asserted
he → look → ?
Tanner Scott: A Got out of an eighth-inning jam by retiring a couple lefties (amid Dave Roberts intentionally walking two righties to risk a bases-loaded jam). asserted
Roberts → get → jam
Dave Roberts: B His offense had the right approach, and he pressed the right buttons with his bullpen. asserted
he → have → bullpen
But there was nothing he could do about the offense’s missed chances. uncertain
he → be → chances
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