Blake Snell roughed up in Dodgers' season debut, outshined by Braves' Spencer Strider in 7-2 loss
Snell was encouraged by mostly giving up soft contact and the new strike zone with ABS system felt smaller.
Blake Snell making his season debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Atlanta Braves, tied for the best record in Major League Baseball, may have been a tough opening assignment. Pitching in his first game since Game 7 of last year’s World Series on Blake Snell bobblehead night , the left-hander was battered for four earned runs and six hits over three innings in the Dodgers’ 7-2 loss to the Braves. Snell could have used some run support amid his opening struggles, but the Dodgers couldn’t generate any offense against the opposing starting pitcher.
Making his second start since returning from a left oblique strain, Spencer Strider allowed only one hit in six scoreless innings with eight strikeouts. Spencer Strider began his scoreless first with this strikeout of Shohei Ohtani. FB touched 97.
5 and averaged 96. 5 mph in the first. 10 of his 15 pitches were heaters pic.
twitter. com/7WDZa6zOjk — Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) May 10, 2026 Strider’s performance was far more encouraging than his previous outing , when he gave up three runs, four hits and five walks in 3 1/3 innings against the Colorado Rockies. The Dodgers didn’t get on the scoreboard until the ninth inning with two runs off Atlanta’s Reynaldo López on an Alex Call double and Andy Pages home run.