PHILADELPHIA — A pitchers’ duel between two of the most unhittable left-handers in the sport ended in a silencing of Red October, as the Los Angeles Dodgers held on for a 4-3 win Monday to push the Phillies to the brink of elimination in the National League Division Series. Starting pitchers Blake Snell and Jesús Luzardo traded zeroes for six innings before the defending champions’ unrelenting bats finally broke through, with Game 1 hero Teoscar Hernández scampering home on Kiké Hernández’s broken-bat grounder to push across the go-ahead run in what would be a four-run seventh inning.
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Down 4-1 entering the ninth, the Phillies rallied and got the tying run to third base before Trea Turner grounded out to end it. Now, the series shifts from a raucous Citizens Bank Park to Dodger Stadium for Game 3 on Wednesday, with Los Angeles one win away from a return trip to the NLCS.
The Dodgers’ bullpen remains a tightrope act
The Dodgers had managed to go the first 17 innings of this series needing just one out from a traditional reliever, a sign not only of their starting pitching depth but also their lack of faith in a struggling bullpen.
Blake Treinen entered in the ninth an
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