| Los Angeles Dodgers | 4 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 3 |
Monday Night, October 6th
Citizens Bank Park - Philadelphia, PA
Dodgers lead series, 2-0
Dodgers lead series, 2-0
One Sentence Summary: The offense continued to sputter and the bullpen again couldn't get the job done in this 4-3 loss to the Dodgers.
What It Means: The Phillies head to Los Angeles where they need to win both games in order to force a Game 5 back in Philadelphia on Saturday night. I could insert a lengthy rant here, but I've already spent too much energy trying to figure out why this team has crapped out two years in a row in the NLDS.
What Happened: Jesus Luzardo was fantastic. He matched Blake Snell through six scoreless innings, departing with runners on second and third and no outs in the top of the seventh, after Teoscar Hernandez singled and Freddie Freeman reached on a double that should have been a single, if not for Nick Castellanos playing in right field. (Castellanos is only playing because Harrison Bader injured his groin in Game 1.) Orion Kerkering entered, allowed both inherited runners to score, and yielded to Matt Strahm. Shohei Ohtani greeted Strahm with a single and just like that it was 4-0, Dodgers, and given the anemic Phillies offense, the game was all but over.
What It Means: The Phillies head to Los Angeles where they need to win both games in order to force a Game 5 back in Philadelphia on Saturday night. I could insert a lengthy rant here, but I've already spent too much energy trying to figure out why this team has crapped out two years in a row in the NLDS.
What Happened: Jesus Luzardo was fantastic. He matched Blake Snell through six scoreless innings, departing with runners on second and third and no outs in the top of the seventh, after Teoscar Hernandez singled and Freddie Freeman reached on a double that should have been a single, if not for Nick Castellanos playing in right field. (Castellanos is only playing because Harrison Bader injured his groin in Game 1.) Orion Kerkering entered, allowed both inherited runners to score, and yielded to Matt Strahm. Shohei Ohtani greeted Strahm with a single and just like that it was 4-0, Dodgers, and given the anemic Phillies offense, the game was all but over.
Snell held the Phillies to one hit through six innings, a bloop single from Edmundo Sosa with two outs in the fifth. The Phillies had a chance once they got to the Dodgers' bullpen, as pinch-hitter Max Kepler tripled and was singled home by Trea Turner with Emmet Sheehan on the mound in the eighth. In the ninth, with Blake Treinan pitching, Alec Bohm singled, followed by back-to-back doubles from J.T. Realmuto and Castellanos to make it 4-3, Dodgers. An odd decision to have Bryson Stott bunt with nobody out and Castellanos on second backfired when Stott bunted into a fielder's choice to erase Castellanos from third. A few batters later, with runners on the corners and two outs, Roki Sasaki got Trea Turner to weakly ground to second, ending the threat and the ballgame.
Featured Card: Turner, Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber are a combined 2 for 21 in the first two games of the NLDS with 11 strikeouts. Five of those strikeouts belong to Schwarber, who is 0 for 7.
Featured Card: Turner, Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber are a combined 2 for 21 in the first two games of the NLDS with 11 strikeouts. Five of those strikeouts belong to Schwarber, who is 0 for 7.
2025 Chachi #60 NLDS Game 1 / 2025 Chachi #62 NLDS Game 3
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