Overview
- Hernández hit a three-run homer off lefty Matt Strahm in the seventh inning to flip a 3-2 deficit into the final 5-3 margin.
- Ohtani worked six innings with three runs allowed and nine strikeouts, becoming the first player in postseason history to fan four times as a hitter and strike out nine as a pitcher in the same game.
- Enrique (Kiké) Hernández jump-started the comeback with a two-run double in the sixth to pull Los Angeles within one.
- Philadelphia built an early 3-0 lead on J.T. Realmuto’s two-run triple and Harrison Bader’s sacrifice fly.
- Alex Vesia stranded the bases loaded in the eighth and Roki Sasaki recorded his first career save in the ninth; Game 2 is Monday in Philadelphia with the Dodgers up 1-0 in the best-of-five.