PHILADELPHIA -- Bryce Harper says the only thing the flat Phillies can do in Los Angeles is "flip the script."

Flip it? Philadelphia needs to tear it up and start typing from scratch, because in Hollywood terms, Harper, Trea Turner , Kyle Schwarber and the bulk of the high-priced Phillies have been an absolute flop.

Throw in J.T. Realmuto and Nick Castellanos , and those five players are 5-for-35 through two games of the NL Division Series with 13 strikeouts and no home runs.

The Phillies -- with a $291.7 million payroll -- have fallen into the same October pattern of frigid bats from their highest-priced players that also doomed their previous three playoff runs.

The Dodgers turned back Philadelphia's late rally Monday night for a 4-3 victory in Game 2, pushing the Phillie

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