Overview
- Hernández hit a three-run homer off Matt Strahm in the seventh after David Robertson allowed a single and hit a batter, turning a one-run deficit into the final margin.
- Enrique “Kiké” Hernández jump-started the rally with a two-out, two-run double in the sixth to cut Philadelphia’s lead to 3-2.
- Shohei Ohtani earned the win with six innings of three-run ball and nine strikeouts despite a four-strikeout night at the plate.
- Phillies starter Cristopher Sánchez kept Los Angeles off the board through five and struck out Ohtani three times while filling a frontline role.
- Alex Vesia retired pinch-hitter Edmundo Sosa with the bases loaded in the eighth, and Roki Sasaki secured the ninth; the Dodgers lead the best-of-five 1-0 with Game 2 Monday in Philadelphia.