Overview

• A Game 2 win over the Phillies in Philadelphia moved the Dodgers within one victory of the NL Championship Series.
• Shohei Ohtani, batting leadoff as the designated hitter, went 1-for-5 and drove in a key seventh-inning run with a single to right.
• Reliever Sasaki entered with two outs in the ninth and runners on first and third and recorded his second consecutive save.
• Manager Dave Roberts praised the lineup's collective at-bats during the seventh-inning surge that produced the fourth run.
• In other postseason action, the Cubs dropped their opener as Shota Imanaga started against the Brewers and Seiya Suzuki hit a first-inning three-run homer.