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

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