Overview

• Los Angeles protected a 4-1 lead in Game 2 after a shaky ninth in which Blake Treinen yielded three straight hits and two runs before Alex Vesia entered.
• With Nick Castellanos on second and no outs, Rob Thomson signaled for Bryson Stott to bunt, and the Dodgers executed a wheel play to retire Castellanos at third on Max Muncy’s throw to Mookie Betts.
• Betts said he urged the Dodgers to run the seldom-practiced wheel play, notable given he was making just his fourth postseason start at shortstop.
• Philadelphia still moved the tying run to third later in the inning, but Los Angeles recorded the final outs, with Roki Sasaki getting the last one according to Newsweek.
• Muncy defended the bunt as a “no-brainer” given the lefty-lefty matchup against Vesia and his fly-ball, strikeout profile, as the series shifts to Dodger Stadium with L.A. leading 2-0.