LOS ANGELES — Two games into their National League Division Series, the Philadelphia Phillies’ dangerous duo of Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper have gone 1 for 15 with eight strikeouts.

It has played no small part in the Dodgers taking a 2-0 advantage in the best-of-five series with a chance to close it out at home in Game 3 on Wednesday night.

And it also feels familiar.

During the 2023 season, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman finished second and third in the National League MVP voting. But in the Dodgers’ NLDS against the Arizona Diamondbacks, they went a combined 2 for 21 and the Diamondbacks swept them out of the playoffs.

“It’s tough. It’s tough,” Betts said Tuesday when the similarities were pointed out. “Like you said, I’ve been there. I remember feeling like – no matter how bad

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