LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani had one hit in 18 at-bats with nine strikeouts. Andy Pages was one for 15. The Dodgers as a team hit .199/.280/.277 as a team. But they beat the 96-win Phillies in four games anyway, because there are many different ways to win a baseball game.

Like on the first walk-off error to clinch a postseason series in MLB history, for instance.

The Dodgers only scored in seven of the 38 innings during the NLDS, but the Phillies only scored in six innings.

Ohtani, Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Roki Sasaki pitched 28 of the Dodgers’ 38 innings (73.7 percent), and put up a 1.93 ERA with a 30.3-percent strikeout rate. An extra scheduled off day made it easier to consolidate pitching usage, and adding in Emmet Sheehan and Clayton Kershaw, starting pit

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