Overview
- Snell struck out nine over six innings, yielding just one hit as Los Angeles carried a scoreless tie into the seventh.
- Jesús Luzardo retired 17 straight before exiting in the seventh, after which Orion Kerkering allowed the go-ahead run and additional damage.
- The Dodgers’ four-run frame featured Enrique Hernández’s run-scoring dribbler, a two-RBI single from Will Smith and an RBI single by Shohei Ohtani.
- Philadelphia cut the deficit late with a Trea Turner RBI in the eighth and a Nick Castellanos two-run double in the ninth, but three relievers and a Freddie Freeman scoop secured the final out.
- Game 3 is Wednesday at Dodger Stadium with the Phillies facing elimination, and teams up 2-0 in a best-of-five have advanced 88.9% of the time; the Dodgers are expected to start Yoshinobu Yamamoto.