PHILADELPHIA — Give him the title. Roki Sasaki turned into a closer Monday night.

A scoreless pitchers’ duel between Blake Snell and Jesus Luzardo turned into a battle between the weakest links on two powerhouse teams when the Dodgers chased Luzardo from the game in the seventh inning and scored four times against the relievers who followed.

But the Dodgers’ bullpen said, ‘Hold my beer’ and nearly coughed up the lead. Sasaki came in and got Trea Turner to ground out with the tying run in scoring position to close out a 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 2 of their National League Division Series, sending the Dodgers back home needing just one more win to advance.

Ninety previous teams have gone up 2-0 in a best-of-five series (either in the NLDS or the old Championship S

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