The Los Angeles Dodgers held on to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 in Monday night's Game 2 of the National League Division Series ( box score ). With the victory, the Dodgers gained a 2-0 advantage in the best-of-five series, putting them one away from advancing to their fourth NL Championship Series in the past six years.

The Dodgers can credit Game 2's outcome to a variety of factors -- Blake Snell's outstanding start; some timely hitting; and the continued struggles of the top of the Phillies lineup -- but one aspect became the talk of postgame media availability: the successful wheel play Los Angeles ran in the top of the ninth to record the first out of the inning.

Or, as manager Dave Roberts said after the game: "[For] me, that was our only chance, really, to win that

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