LOS ANGELES (CNS) -The Dodgers’ hopes of completing their second sweep of the 2025 postseason ended with an 8-2 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies Wednesday evening at Dodger Stadium with Kyle Schwarber hitting two home runs..
Game 4 of the best-of-five National League Division Series will be played Thursday at Dodger Stadium. Game 5, if necessary, would be played Saturday in Philadelphia.
The Phillies combined Schwarber’s mammoth home run, back-to-back singles by Bryce Harper and Alex Bohm, a throwing error by Dodger center fielder Andy Pages and Brandon Marsh’s sacrifice fly for three runs in the fourth.
Schwarber broke out of an 0-for-22 slump dating back to the regular season by hitting a 2-0 four-seam fastball from Yoshinobu Yamamoto 455 feet to the roof of the right field pavilion leading off the inning.
Harper followed with a single to left after going 1-for-7 with two walks to start the series. Bohm, the next batter, singled. Pages’ throw to third went into the Dodger dugout, allowing Harper to score and Bohm to go third.
Marsh, who played for the Angels from 2021-22, hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Bohm.
Ranger Suárez (1-0), the second of five Philadelphia pitchers, was credited with victory, limiting the Dodgers to one run and five hits over five innings, striking out four and walking one, as the Phillies cut the deficit in the series to two games to one.
Yamamoto (1-1) was charged with the loss, allowing three runs and six hits in four innings in front of a crowd announced at 53,689.
The Dodgers opened the scoring in the third when Tommy Edman hit the first pitch from Suárez, who relieved starter Aaron Nola, 393 feet over the fence in left center field.
Edman singled in Kiké Hernandez with two outs in the ninth for the Dodgers’ other run.
In what could be his final pitching appearance at Dodger Stadium, Clayton Kershaw pitched a shutout seventh inning, but allowed five runs in the eighth.
J.T. Realmuto hit Kershaw’s second pitch of the inning 407 feet over the center field fence.
Max Kepler walked and Nick Castellanos reached on a fielding error by Dodger third baseman Max Muncy. They advanced to second and third on Bryson Scott’s sacrifice bunt and scored on a single by Trea Turner, who played for the Dodgers in 2021 and 2022.
Schwarber followed with a home run, increasing the Phillies’ lead to 8-1.
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