Dodgers Triumph Over Phillies in Thrilling Midweek Opener

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00:00The Dodgers and the Phillies, the opening game of a three-game midweek set last night

00:08at the Ravine.

00:09Tyler Glass now versus Aaron Nola.

00:11It was Glass now getting the better of Nola.

00:13It was the Dodgers getting the better of the Phillies.

00:16Donnie, it's been a similar story for Philadelphia.

00:19Despite this 5-3 defeat, they took an early 2-0 lead.

00:24The Dodgers rallied in the third inning, including a two-run shot out of Teoscar Hernandez

00:30that gave the Dodgers the lead for good.

00:32The Phillies made it interesting.

00:34Shohei Ohtani added a home run in the eighth for that insurance and the separation.

00:40As you saw, a 5-3 win in favor of Los Angeles.

00:44They were a minus-134 Moneyline favorite when we showed you the odds yesterday in the morning

00:49hours.

00:50The over-under was eight.

00:52It closed later in the show at seven-and-a-half, so it does trickle over.

00:57So the Dodgers take game one of the set against Philadelphia.

01:02And now as the Phillies continue this slide since the All-Star break, and really the series

01:07sweep over L.A. in the final week, entering the All-Star break in the middle of July,

01:12the Dodgers have closed to just a half-game behind the Phillies for the best record in

01:17the National League.

01:19The Phillies closed as an underdog in this game, but they didn't have an underdog pitcher

01:23here technically on the mound in Aaron Nola.

01:25When you get a two-to-nothing lead in a playoff atmosphere, understand it's on the road and

01:28the Dodgers are a quality team.

01:30You gotta win that.

01:31Or at least you gotta go six innings, pitch two earned runs, and still have the lead when

01:33you leave that game.

01:34And if the bullpen blows it, so be it.

01:36Because you do look at that Dodgers lineup.

01:38Yes, it's talented, but be honest with ourselves.

01:40Shohei Ohtani's hitting .309.

01:42The only guy in that offense that's hitting over .300.

01:44The next guy closest to him is Freddie Freeman, who just came back after an extended layoff

01:48and went one for four with two Ks.

01:49Toska Hernandez, love the guy.

01:50He's only hitting .267.

01:51Will Smith, .249.

01:52Lux, .245.

01:53Hernandez, .211.

01:54Hayward, .209.

01:55Pajas, .241.

01:56Nick Ahmed, .233.

01:57It's not, you know, the 1923 Yankees out here that are hitting .300 with 50 home runs

02:04on each guy.

02:05So when you get a two-to-nothing lead, it's up to you as a high-paid pitcher.

02:08It's not Aaron Nola, hey, man, at the end of his career, he's making $3 million.

02:11No, he's one of the highest-paid pitchers in baseball.

02:13You get a two-to-nothing lead, you have to stand on business here.

02:16You know who stood on business on Sunday afternoon?

02:18Hey, look, the sky is falling.

02:20Zach Wheeler, eight-innings pitch, no earned runs in a hostile environment in Seattle.

02:24That's what you're supposed to do.

02:25Two-to-nothing lead, hold that lead.

02:27That's your job.

02:28Phillies couldn't do that.

02:29Credit the Dodgers for winning that game, but again, you can't say to yourself, well,

02:32what do you want the Phillies to do, lose two out of three games here?

02:34That's what they're supposed to do.

02:35No, nonsense.

02:36When Aaron Nola's on the mound, that's an expected victory for the Philadelphia Phillies.

02:39And with a two-to-nothing lead, yeah, that's a blown game.

02:46That's what you're supposed to do.

02:47That's what you're supposed to do.

02:48That's what you're supposed to do.

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