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Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was trying to play the long game Monday night. Which is why, when his team entered the ninth inning with a three-run lead in Game 2 of the National League Division Series, he gave the save opportunity to Blake Treinen instead of Roki Sasaki. If all things had been equal, it’s likely that Roberts would have …

PHILADELPHIA — Even Dodgers fans steeped in the lore of Kirk Gibson might not remember the name of Mel Didier. Didier was the scout who had issued this warning to the 1988 Dodgers: If you’re facing Dennis Eckersley, the mighty closer for the Oakland Athletics, and the count runs full, he’s going to throw a backdoor slider. Eckersley threw it, Gibson hit …

The Phillies’ comeback against the Dodgers in Game 2 of the National League Division Series fell short on Monday. The Dodgers took a 4-0 lead in the seventh inning, but the Phillies fought back with a run in the eighth inning. After holding the Dodgers without a run over the final two innings, the Phillies added two more runs early …

The Dodgers had Game 2 of the National League Division Series until they didn’t, and right at a point when it looked like the Phillies’ ultimate comeback was inevitable, the Dodgers got a lifeline thanks to some quick thinking and terrific defense. “It was a lot tougher — they made it look easier than it was,” manager Dave Roberts told …

PHILADELPHIA — They won 96 games in all those months not known as “October.” And if you were paying attention, it’s no mystery how the 2025 Phillies won those 96 games. Pretty much every night, their starting pitcher was better than your starting pitcher. Their stars were better than your stars. And their home-field advantage was better than your home-field …

PHILADELPHIA — As his bullpen once again threatened to descend into chaos, Dave Roberts left it to his players to come up with a way to get out of it. The Los Angeles Dodgers were at risk of squandering a potential commanding lead in the National League Division Series when Roberts summoned Alex Vesia into the cauldron. All the momentum …

PHILADELPHIA — It was quintessential October baseball. Two starting pitchers dominating two helpless lineups. A low-scoring contest in which every stranded baserunner felt like a monumental missed opportunity. A nail-biting affair decided by one team cashing in a rare scoring chance, and the other failing to do the same. In the bottom of the sixth inning in Game 2 of the National …

PHILADELPHIA — This is over. Or, from the perspective of the Dodgers, this is just starting. Because the Dodgers are returning to the World Series. Technically, they still have to close out their National League Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies. They still have to win the NL Championship Series. But they will. They will because they won’t blow the two-games-to-none lead …

PHILADELPHIA — On the mound, he self-destructed in a second inning that nearly placed the game out of his team’s reach. In the batter’s box, he struck out four times for only the seventh time in his career. A two-way player for the first time in a postseason game, Shohei Ohtani didn’t save the Dodgers on Saturday night. Instead, Ohtani was the …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Shohei Ohtani struck out not once, twice, three times but four — four! — straight times and almost snuffed a late Dodgers rally. The Oh-4 nearly cost Los Angeles. Good news for the Dodgers, Ohtani the ace was about as good as he needed to be on the mound — with a little pop from teammate Teoscar …