The Dodgers overcame a first-inning error by Teoscar Hernández and an early 2-0 deficit to beat Cincinnati 8-4 and sweep their NL wild-card series.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivered 6⅔ clutch innings while Kiké Hernández and Mookie Betts provided key hits.

The Dodgers will face the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 of the NLDS on Saturday.

Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman often refers to the playoffs as the “theater of October.”

On the first day of the month Wednesday night, Game 2 of the National League wild-card series was only four batters old when the Dodgers had some dramatic adversity strike.

With two outs in the top of the first, Yoshinobu Yamamoto induced a routine fly ball down the right-field line. Outfielder Teoscar Hernández positioned himself under it. Ni

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