Overview
- Blake Snell silenced Philadelphia with six scoreless innings of one-hit, nine-strikeout pitching before Los Angeles broke through with four runs in the seventh, highlighted by Teoscar Hernández’s headfirst slide, a two-run single from Will Smith and an RBI single by Shohei Ohtani.
- The Dodgers nearly lost a four-run lead in the ninth as Blake Treinen allowed two runs, but a wheel-play out at third, two outs from Alex Vesia and Roki Sasaki retiring Trea Turner secured a 4-3 win and Sasaki’s second postseason save; Dave Roberts said he trusted Treinen for the ninth before turning to Vesia and Sasaki.
- Game 3 shifts to Dodger Stadium on Wednesday with Yoshinobu Yamamoto slated for Los Angeles and Aaron Nola listed to start for Philadelphia.
- Milwaukee topped Chicago 7-3 behind three-run homers from Andrew Vaughn and Jackson Chourio plus a solo shot by William Contreras, while rookie Jacob Misiorowski fired three scoreless innings with a barrage of 100 mph fastballs.
- Chourio returned from an inconclusive hamstring MRI to belt a 419-foot three-run homer as the Brewers moved up 2-0, a position that historically advances 80 of 90 times, with Game 3 at Wrigley Field on Wednesday.