| Los Angeles Dodgers | 5 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 3 |
Saturday Night, October 4th
Citizens Bank Park - Philadelphia, PA
Dodgers lead series, 1-0
Dodgers lead series, 1-0
One Sentence Summary: The top of the Phillies line-up was 1 for 11 with six strikeouts, while David Robertson and Matt Strahm couldn't contain the Dodgers in the seventh inning in this gut-wrenching 5-3 loss to the Dodgers in Game 1.
What It Means: Emphasis on gut-wrenching.
What Happened: Game 1 starter Christopher Sanchez was locked in until the sixth inning, allowing one hit, a walk and a hit batter through the first five. In the bottom of the second, the fans got their only real chance to go wild when Alec Bohm drew a lead-off walk, Brandon Marsh singled to center and J.T. Realmuto tripled to the center field wall on a ball Teoscar Hernandez seemed uninterested in cutting off. Harrison Bader next just missed a home run, settling for a sacrifice fly to score Realmuto. That 3-0 score held until the top of the sixth. With two outs, Freddie Freeman walked, Tommy Edman singled, and Kiké Hernandez brought them both home with a double to left.
What It Means: Emphasis on gut-wrenching.
What Happened: Game 1 starter Christopher Sanchez was locked in until the sixth inning, allowing one hit, a walk and a hit batter through the first five. In the bottom of the second, the fans got their only real chance to go wild when Alec Bohm drew a lead-off walk, Brandon Marsh singled to center and J.T. Realmuto tripled to the center field wall on a ball Teoscar Hernandez seemed uninterested in cutting off. Harrison Bader next just missed a home run, settling for a sacrifice fly to score Realmuto. That 3-0 score held until the top of the sixth. With two outs, Freddie Freeman walked, Tommy Edman singled, and Kiké Hernandez brought them both home with a double to left.
That chased Sanchez (prematurely?) from the game, and Robertson entered. Robertson got out of that inning but was immediately in trouble in the top of the seventh. He allowed a lead-off single to Andy Pages and then hit Will Smith to put two runners on. Matt Strahm replaced Robertson, struck out Shohei Ohtani looking and got Mookie Betts to pop up to third. Hernandez launched the first pitch he saw from Strahm into the right-center field stands and that was essentially the ballgame.
Ohtani got the win, allowing the three runs on three hits and striking out nine. Trea Turner (0 for 3), Kyle Schwarber (0 for 4) and Bryce Harper (1 for 4) came up small in the loss, with a combined six strikeouts.
Featured Card: I hate making these cards when the Phillies lose.
Featured Card: I hate making these cards when the Phillies lose.
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Field Report: Doug and I watched/agonized over this game from our preferred Section 315. I reminded him before the game we were lucky to be attending postseason games for the fourth year in a row, to which he responded, like a true Phillies fan, "But we haven't won anything yet." We did a full, pregame lap of the ballpark, buying a few NLDS souvenirs and choosing Uncle Charlie's Steaks as our playoff dinner.
As usual, the pregame ceremony was fantastic, the crowd was raucous and the energy levels were high. Similar to a year ago in Game 1 of the NLDS against the Mets, the crowd fell flat when the Phillies went inning after inning without scoring any more runs. If all is right with the world, our next game will be NLCS Game 1 against either the Cubs or Brewers.
Transaction: Garrett Stubbs (c) and Lou Trivino (rhp) were omitted from the postseason roster with the Phillies opting to go with Otto Kemp (inf) and Tim Mayza (lhp).
Transaction: Garrett Stubbs (c) and Lou Trivino (rhp) were omitted from the postseason roster with the Phillies opting to go with Otto Kemp (inf) and Tim Mayza (lhp).
2025 Chachi #59 Trea Turner HL / 2025 Chachi #61 NLDS Game 2
