LOS ANGELES -- Roki Sasaki needed just one out. The tying run was 90 feet away. Phillies fans had Citizens Bank Park rocking.

But Sasaki didn’t hear any of them.

“I don’t understand English that well, so I didn’t even know what they were saying,” he said in Japanese, via an interpreter. “I just tried not to let it bother me. I’ve had similar experiences back in Japan, so I was able to stay focused and pitch without being affected.”

Sasaki needed just two pitches to get Trea Turner to chop a grounder to Tommy Edman, who spiked the throw to first as Freddie Freeman scooped the ball on his knees for the third and final out. The Dodgers, who were on the verge of another bullpen collapse, instead took a commanding 2-0 lead over the Phillies in the National League Division Series.

It was t

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