The calendar year was different, but Game 1 of the NLDS felt the same as last year.

The Phillies offense went cold at the most inopportune time, unable to capitalize on an early three-run lead the same lineup created. J.T. Realmuto hit a two-run triple in the second inning to put the Phillies up two runs on the defending World Series champions. Citizens Bank Park was as loud as it could get, with all the momentum on the Phillies side.

Then the offense pressed pause, never bothering to hit the play button again.

In Saturday's Game 1 loss to the Dodgers, the Phillies offense went 3-for-27 the rest of the way in a 5-3 defeat -- a paltry .111 in the final 7+ innings. The only hits were a single from Bryson Stott in the fifth, a single from Bryce Harper in the eighth and a double from Max Ke

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