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The Los Angeles Dodgers put the Philadelphia Phillies on the brink of elimination with a 4-3 win in the early sport Monday to take a 2-0 NLDS lead in the best-of-five series. The Milwaukee Brewers will attempt to do the similar to the Cubs in the nightcap after a 9-3 blowout of Chicago in Game 1 of their NLDS.
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Blake Snell was sensible. Dodgers bats awakened in time. And the beleaguered Los Angeles bullpen survived as the Dodgers secured a 4-3 win over the Phillies in Game 2 of their NLDS for a 2-0 series lead.
For six innings, Monday’s sport was locked in a pitchers’ duel as Snell and Phillies starter Jesús Luzardo traded blows from the mound. Snell did not permit a success till one out remained in the fifth inning. Luzardo retired 17 consecutive Dodgers batters to go into the high of the seventh knotted in a scoreless tie.
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But there, Luzardo cracked. Teoscar Hernández led off with a single. Freddie Freeman adopted up with a double to put runners on second and third with no outs. And Luzardo’s evening was accomplished.
With reliever Orion Kerkering on the mound, Kiké Hernández delivered once more in the postseason the place he has so many occasions earlier than. He despatched Teoscar Hernández dwelling on a fielder’s alternative and made it safely to first as the play at the plate failed. The Dodgers then loaded and cleared the bases with a two-run single by Will Smith and an RBI knock from Shohei Ohtani, his first hit of the series.
But no lead is truly safe with the Dodgers bullpen, and issues acquired tense late. The Phillies plated a run in the eighth, then two extra off Blake Treinen in the ninth as Nick Castellanos reached second with no outs through a two-run double that minimize the Dodgers lead to 4-3. But Alex Vesia and Roki Sasaki mixed to put out the hearth and safe the final three outs of the sport with out additional harm.
The series now shifts to Los Angeles, the place the Dodgers could have two possibilities shut out the best-of-five series at dwelling. Game 3 is scheduled for Wednesday (9:08 p.m. ET/TBS, TruTV).
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-Jason Owens
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Philadelphia Phillies 3
Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers: 9:08 p.m. ET on TBS/truTV/HBO Max
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