The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0 on Wednesday night, salvaging the series. Shohei Ohtani hit his 51st homer , and Freddie Freeman launched his 21st to power the offense. The Dodgers also got a great performance from Blake Snell , with seven innings of two-hit, shutout ball. According to USA Today's Bob Nightengale, the pitching has been a silver lining for LA's struggles.

“The Philadelphia Phillies win the series against the Dodgers, but the Dodgers' rotation dominated the Phillies' lineup. The Phillies hit .054 with 24 strikeouts in 56 at-bats against the Dodgers' rotation. These two teams could meet again in the best-of-5 Division Series,” Nightengale reported.

In the first two games of the series, Philly scored 15 combined runs. All of them came off

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