Overview
- Los Angeles beat Philadelphia 4-3 behind Blake Snell’s six scoreless innings and a four-run seventh capped by Will Smith’s two-run single and Shohei Ohtani’s RBI.
- Philadelphia’s ninth-inning rally was halted by a Muncy-to-Betts wheel play at third before Roki Sasaki recorded the final out; Dave Roberts defended opening the ninth with Blake Treinen.
- The Phillies will start Aaron Nola in Game 3 and could deploy Ranger Suárez out of the bullpen as the series moves to Dodger Stadium.
- Milwaukee topped Chicago 7-3 as Andrew Vaughn and Jackson Chourio launched three-run homers and William Contreras added a solo shot to build a 2-0 lead heading to Wrigley Field.
- Brewers rookie Jacob Misiorowski earned the win with three scoreless, triple-digit innings, and Chourio’s homer came off a 101.4 mph pitch, while teams up 2-0 in best-of-five series have advanced 80 of 90 times.