PHILADELPHIA -- Matt Strahm couldn’t believe it.

He shook his head as Teoscar Hernández rounded the bases in the seventh inning on Saturday night at Citizens Bank Park. A few minutes later, he shouted into his glove.

Strahm nearly cleaned up a nasty mess in the Phillies’ 5-3 loss to the Dodgers in Game 1 of the NL Division Series. David Robertson had put the first two batters on base in the seventh, but Strahm struck out Shohei Ohtani looking on a fastball and got Mookie Betts to pop out on the infield.

If he could just get Hernández.

Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto set up inside for a 1-0 fastball. Strahm threw the pitch on the outer half. Hernández barreled it. He sent the pitch to right-center field for a stunning three-run home run to give the Dodgers a two-run lead. It looked f

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