Los Angeles.- Jack Flaherty and Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers managed a three-hit game lead and tied a postseason record of 33 consecutive scoreless innings by crushing the New York Mets 9-0 in the first game of the season on Sunday.
The Angels hit Kodai Senga in the second inning, built a six-run lead in the fourth and kept the score clean, tying the scoreless streak set by Baltimore Orioles pitchers in the first four games of the 1966 World Series against the Dodgers.
Shohei Ohtani went 2 for 4 with a walk, scored two runs and had another hit.
Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is Monday.
Flaherty allowed two hits in seven innings, retired his first nine batters and struck out six.
The Dodgers rallied from the brink of elimination against San Diego to win the National League Division Series in five games with shutouts in the final two games.
For the Mets, Cuban José Iglesias went 2-1. Venezuela's Francisco Álvarez 3-1.
For the Dodgers, Puerto Rico's Enrique Hernández went 2-for-4 with two runs scored.