The Los Angeles Dodgers lost Game 3 of the National League Division Series, 8-2, as the Philadelphia Phillies kept their season alive on the road at Dodger Stadium.
The Phillies tagged Yoshinobu Yamamoto for three runs, which proved to be more than enough against a Dodgers offense that was silent for a majority of the game.
The Phillies went with right-hander Aaron Nola in Game 3, who had a 6.01 ERA across 17 starts this season. Nola shut the Dodgers down for two innings, getting out of trouble in the first as the Dodgers stranded a Mookie Betts one-out triple.
Yamamoto, on the other hand, was cruising the first time through the Phillies order, shutting them out for three innings while allowing just one base runner on a Bryce Harper walk.
The Dodgers scored first in the bottom of the third as the Phillies went to Ranger Suarez, and Edman met him on the first pitch with a solo home run to left field.
The Phillies wasted no time responding in the top of the fourth inning, as Kyle Scwharber hit his first home run of the postseason, a 455-foot bomb to right field that went 117.2 mph off his bat.
Harper and Alec Bohm hit back-to-back singles, and a throwing error from Andy Pages brought in a second run. Brandon Marsh then hit a sacrifice fly, and the Phillies quickly built a 3-1 lead.
The Dodgers put two runners on in the bottom of the fourth, but Pages popped out to end the inning. Yamamoto then gave up back-to-back singles in the fifth, ending his night early. Anthony Banda came in and stranded the bases loaded to end the inning.
Jack Dreyer pitched a scoreless sixth, and the Dodgers then put runners on first and second with one out. However, Max Muncy grounded into an inning-ending double play as Suarez's domination continued.
Clayton Kershaw made his 2025 postseason debut in the seventh, getting into immediate trouble with a single and walk against the top of the order. However, with some help from his defense, he put up a scoreless inning.
The Dodgers went 1-2-3 in the bottom of the seventh, as Shohei Ohtani barely missed a solo home run to left field that died at the warning track.
The Dodgers kept Kershaw in the game in the top of the eighth, and the Phillies made them pay. Philadelphia tacked on five runs on home runs by JT Realmuto and Schwarber to put the game away.
The Dodgers added one run in the bottom of the ninth on an RBI single from Edman.
The Dodgers and Phillies continue the series on Thursday with first pitch scheduled at 3:08 p.m. PT.
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