LOS ANGELES — Many of the baseball moves that Rob Thomson tried in the first two games of the National League Division Series didn’t come off as the Phillies skipper had planned.

His pitching machinations in Wednesday’s Game 3 both looked doomed early, until the guys enacting them found a way to bounce back and execute to near perfection.

Aaron Nola tossed two scoreless innings, and Ranger Suarez followed with five stellar frames of relief to give the Phillies bats room to enliven in an 8-2 win in Game 3, staving off elimination at Dodger Stadium.

“They pretty much did exactly what we wanted,” Thomson said. “We wanted to use those guys to get as close to (closer Jhoan) Duran as we could to save some of the bullpen for tomorrow if we want.”

They did exactly that, with Duran warmed up to

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