| Philadelphia Phillies | 8 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 2 |
Late Wednesday Night, October 8th
Dodger Stadium - Los Angeles, CA
Dodgers lead series, 2-1
Dodgers lead series, 2-1
One Sentence Summary: Crooked numbers from the Phillies offense in the fourth and eighth innings, paired with gutsy outings from Aaron Nola and Ranger Suarez, led to this season-saving 8-2 win over the Dodgers.
What It Means: There's hope. Cristopher Sanchez takes the mound for Game 4 for the next must-win game tonight.
What Happened: Facing elimination from the postseason and in danger of being swept, the Phillies sent Aaron Nola to the mound as their unlikely Game 3 opener with the task of navigating successfully through the Dodgers' line-up just once. Nola did that, pitching two scoreless innings, before yielding to Ranger Suarez. Suarez was greeted by a Tommy Edman home run on the first pitch he threw in the bottom of the third, and he then settled in to shut down the Dodgers through the seventh inning. Combined, Nola and Suarez pitched seven innings, allowing a run on six hits while striking out seven.
What It Means: There's hope. Cristopher Sanchez takes the mound for Game 4 for the next must-win game tonight.
What Happened: Facing elimination from the postseason and in danger of being swept, the Phillies sent Aaron Nola to the mound as their unlikely Game 3 opener with the task of navigating successfully through the Dodgers' line-up just once. Nola did that, pitching two scoreless innings, before yielding to Ranger Suarez. Suarez was greeted by a Tommy Edman home run on the first pitch he threw in the bottom of the third, and he then settled in to shut down the Dodgers through the seventh inning. Combined, Nola and Suarez pitched seven innings, allowing a run on six hits while striking out seven.
Down 1-0 and with no sign of life from the Phillies' bats, Kyle Schwarber shifted the narrative immediately with an absolute moon shot of a home run off Dodgers' starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto to start the fourth. Schwarber's bomb could hopefully serve as a momentum shift for the entire series, as the Phillies would go on to score twice more that inning and threaten to score more in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings. Following Schwarber's big home run, Bryce Harper singled to left and he'd come around to score on Alec Bohm's single, coupled with a throwing error from center fielder Andy Pages. Bohm went to third on the error and came home on a Brandon Marsh sacrifice fly, giving the Phillies a tenuous 3-1 lead.
Phillies fans collectively exhaled in the eighth when the offense piled on five more runs off future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw. J.T. Realmuto led off with a home run, and a few batters later Trea Turner singled home a pair of runs to make it 6-1, Phillies. Schwarber capped the scoring and sealed the win with his second home run of the game.
Featured Card: These cards are way more fun to create following a win.
Featured Card: These cards are way more fun to create following a win.
2025 Chachi #61 NLDS Game 2 / 2025 Chachi #63 NLDS Game 4
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