LOS ANGELES -- The Phillies left Dodger Stadium on Wednesday night knowing they might be back in three weeks for Game 3 of the NL Division Series.

The Phils and Dodgers currently hold the No. 2 and 3 seeds in the NL’s postseason bracket. Even after the Phillies’ 5-0 loss in the series finale, they effectively have a lead of 6 1/2 games over the Dodgers for the No. 2 seed, which includes a coveted first-round bye, because they own a season tiebreaker against them.

If the seeds hold with just nine games to play, the Phillies and Dodgers could meet in the NLDS.

The Phillies have a big enough lead over L.A. that they shuffled their rotation to line up Cristopher Sánchez to start Game 1 of the NLDS.

Phillies manager Rob Thomson announced on Wednesday that right-handers Taijuan Walker and

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