00:01The Pills couldn't finish off that perfect homestand.
00:03Instead, they clinch a postseason spot later on the night after the Giants' loss.
00:08Now another opportunity tonight to lock up their division,
00:11but they're going to have to do it out here on the West Coast.
00:13Phillies and Dodgers tonight, game one.
00:15Changed this afternoon.
00:16Everybody knew that Emmett Sheehan was going to be the pitcher.
00:19It's just they've decided to start Bondo with these two big left-handed hitters
00:22up at the top of the order.
00:23Swing and a miss, strike three.
00:25Pumped the fastball by him at 96.
00:27This is why he has gotten the assignment for the next two hitters,
00:31especially this guy here.
00:3252 home runs to lead the National League.
00:35Fly ball, right center field.
00:37That's hit well.
00:37It's not coming back.
00:38It is gone!
00:40And the Phillies have taken the lead in game one.
00:44Lefty on lefty, Kyle Schwarber with his 22nd home run
00:49as a left-handed batter against a left-handed pitcher.
00:52And the Phillies lead it 1-0.
00:5553rd home run of the year.
00:57128 RBIs as he's closing in on Ryan Howard's record for home runs of the season.
01:03And that just missed low.
01:04Ball four.
01:05Anthony Bondo was slated to open this game, Moe, in large part to handle the lefties.
01:10Schwarber took him deep for a home run.
01:11And then Harper worked the walk.
01:13So Bondo only able to get one out.
01:15Emmett Sheehan was scheduled to take down the bulk of the innings.
01:17The Dodgers are hoping, though, that would be starting in the second inning.
01:21Instead, he comes in with one on and one out.
01:24Harper at first, one away, 2-2 from Sheehan to Riomuto.
01:27It is a slider to get a swing and a miss for strike three.
01:30The last three-plus games, opponents are 3 for 31 against that pitch.
01:352-2 comes home.
01:36Marsh pulls it in a bounce a second.
01:39Soft hands Miguel Rojas.
01:40And that'll do it for the Phillies in the first.
01:42The Phillies have won each of Ranger Suarez's last five starts.
01:45He's 4-0 with a 0.88 ERA in that span with one home run allowed.
01:50The Phillies also have won three of Suarez's four career starts against the Dodgers.
01:56Strike three call.
01:57Got him looking.
01:58Fastball just above the knees.
02:00And maybe Otani looking for something else.
02:02But Ranger gets a strikeout to start it.
02:04Here comes Teoscar Hernandez.
02:054-58 hitter his last five games.
02:08Swing and a high fly ball right field, but not deep.
02:11Max Kepler coming on, waiting.
02:13And he'll make the catch.
02:14And it's a 1-2-3 shutdown inning for Ranger Suarez.
02:18Half of the second inning, Freddie Freeman leads it off.
02:21He and Trey Turner have been jockeying for the top batting average in the National League
02:25for, I guess, the last six weeks or so.
02:28Swing and a miss.
02:29He got him.
02:30Second strikeout.
02:314-0, 4-down.
02:32And Ranger looking pretty sharp early stock.
02:34The first base hit belongs to Miguel Rojas.
02:37Taking with the defense gives it.
02:39Tough matchup for a left-hander, and he's hitless against Suarez in his career.
02:42So Dave Roberts hitting him down seven spot.
02:45Check swing.
02:46Did he go?
02:46Yes, he did.
02:48Third strikeout for Ranger.
02:49No runs, one hit, and one man left.
02:52A leadoff walk for Bader, and Sheehan has walked two of the last three Phillies he's faced.
02:56Not the guy to issue the walk to because of who's coming up.
02:59Swing and a miss, strike three.
03:01There's that changeup that just dances away from the barrel of Schwarber.
03:05With one away, Bryce Harper will be the hitter.
03:08Strikes out very quickly right here.
03:09Sheehan gets him on three pitches.
03:11And so Schwarber and Harper reach against Bonda, who was the opener to retire them.
03:17Sheehan now faces him for the first time and strikes them both out.
03:20Grounded to third.
03:21Muncy scoops it up off the dirt.
03:22He goes to second.
03:23Get the lead runner.
03:24And Sheehan is out of the third inning.
03:26Works around the leadoff walk.
03:27Sandy Pajas starts this third for the Dodgers.
03:29There's Bajas down the left field line.
03:31That's a fair ball and headed for the corner.
03:34He's headed for second with a leadoff double.
03:37Tied running scoring position.
03:38Welcome to the Dodgers here, Chucky Robinson.
03:41Let's see if he's asked to sacrifice potentially in his first at-bat with the team.
03:45This one he gets down.
03:47Suarez, tough play.
03:49Tossed the first in time.
03:51Ranger Suarez, one of the best fielding pitchers in baseball, makes that play to get Robinson.
03:55But Robinson gets the job done.
03:57Otani over the last week, 11 walks to six strikeouts.
04:02Passes it on to one of the hottest hitters in the National League.
04:05And, of course, it makes it easier to do that when Mookie's as hot as he's been lately.
04:08But he knows if he doesn't come up with a big hit, there's a good chance the guy behind him
04:12will.
04:13Betts flies the ball to straightaway center field, backing up Bader.
04:16In front of the warning track, he makes the catch.
04:18Pajas will tag from third and he will score.
04:20Mookie Betts pumping his fist as he crosses home plate.
04:23This game is tied.
04:24Sacrifice fly from Mookie Betts.
04:27The Dodgers take advantage of the leadoff double from Pothels.
04:30One-on-one out.
04:31Here's Rojas.
04:32Rojas with a space hit against Suarez the first time is above 300 on the year against lefties.
04:37Out to shortstop.
04:38That should be two.
04:39There's one.
04:39And an easy 6-4-3 double play.
04:42Yeah, so the pitcher really does have, like, the command of the infielders.
04:46Like, when he wants to move them, he's moving.
04:48He gets the attention of Weston Wilson, moves him a little bit in towards the forehole a little bit just
04:53before he makes the next pitch on call.
04:56And then he gets the ground ball to Weston Wilson's left.
05:00Bottom of the Dodger lineup against Ranger Suarez.
05:02And they got their run against Suarez in the third inning, taking advantage of a leadoff double from Andy Pajas.
05:08Muncie hits a towering fly ball.
05:10Deep right field.
05:11Back to the wall.
05:12And gone.
05:14Dodgers take the lead as Muncie takes Suarez deep.
05:17A moonshot from Muncie for his 18th of the year makes it 2-1 Dodgers.
05:24How about his first hit against Ranger Suarez in his career?
05:27It's a big one.
05:28Absolutely crushes this, no doubt about it.
05:31Take the lead for L.A.
05:33Aggressive base running from Andy Pajas as Dodgers Stadium on its feet.
05:37He's 2-for-2 with two doubles.
05:40We're going to get another Chucky sacrifice.
05:43And he bunts it back toward the mound.
05:44Rangers got to play a third.
05:45And he is out at third base.
05:47Wow, what an athlete.
05:49He's just an amazing athlete.
05:50So unable to get the job done this time.
05:53One away.
05:53For the bottom four of the Dodger lineup, 4-for-7.
05:57Three extra base hits.
05:58The top of the order can get involved.
06:00Ground ball base hit down the right field line.
06:03Hits into the corner.
06:04Robinson going from first to third.
06:06Otani strides into second.
06:08He will stop their standing with a one-out double.
06:11It is the third Dodger extra base hit of this inning against Ranger Suarez.
06:16Rodgers against a guy who had given up one run in his last 24 innings have gotten a couple.
06:22Threatening for more here in the fifth.
06:24The payoff pitch.
06:26Is whacked in the air to left center field.
06:28Got under it though.
06:30Bader settles under it to make the catch.
06:32It's the second sacrifice fly.
06:34The last two times up for Betts.
06:36A 3-1 lead in the fifth.
06:39Anthony Banda started this game.
06:41Emeshehan took over after three hitters.
06:43Five and two-thirds.
06:44No-hit innings.
06:45Against the Phillies offense, it's averaging seven runs a game over the last week.
06:49Dodgers lead the Phillies 3-1 to the seventh inning.
06:52Emeshehan to Otto Kemp.
06:54And Otto Kemp drills one to deep left field.
06:56It takes a hop into the stands.
06:57A ground rule double.
06:59Kemp with a first hit against Sheehan.
07:01And that's going to be the last bat that he faces.
07:03He hands it off to a rookie jack drive.
07:05And down to third goes Kemp.
07:07Going to bring up the shortstop, Bryson Stott.
07:09Bryson Stott's hit in six straight games.
07:11That one's lined back through the middle.
07:12A base hit for Bryson Stott.
07:14And the Phillies are within one.
07:16It's a 3-2 game.
07:18Now Wilson representing the go-ahead run.
07:20Fly ball.
07:21Left center field.
07:22That's well hit.
07:22Going back on it as Pa has.
07:24It's gone.
07:26The Phillies have taken the lead.
07:29It's a two-run home run.
07:31It's 4-3, Phil.
07:32When you talk about contributions from everybody in the lineup lately,
07:36it's not just Schwarber.
07:38It's not just Harper.
07:39It's everybody.
07:40Two outs.
07:40Base is empty.
07:41Now Mookie Betts.
07:42He's driven in two runs with a pair of sacrifice flies.
07:45High drive to left center field.
07:47This ball's got a chance.
07:49It is gone.
07:50It is tied.
07:52It is Mookie Betts.
07:54Mookie Betts is on one.
07:57And he ties the game at four.
07:59Mookie Betts just continues this tear.
08:02He's responsible for three of the four runs the Dodgers have come in with.
08:06Alex Vessia is on for Bryce Harper.
08:09Vessia's been pretty effective, but particularly effective against left-handed.
08:13Fly ball, right center field.
08:14That's hit well.
08:15Going back is called.
08:17It is gone.
08:18Home run, Bryce Harper.
08:21And the Phillies have retaken the lead.
08:24And back and forth they go.
08:26Harper fired up with that home run as the Phillies are back in front in the eighth.
08:32Phillies look to win their 13th division title.
08:36Ron comes in 14 out of 15 since the deadline.
08:39Pajes, two doubles in this game.
08:41Pajes turns on one, left field, and we are tied into the Dodger bullpen.
08:48The big dog in a big moment makes it 5-5.
08:53And what were you just saying about that curveball?
08:55No one has gotten a hit off of Duran since he's put on a Philly uniform.
09:01How about that for being the first one?
09:03It's a double steal.
09:05It came at the perfect time.
09:07These tense moments in a baseball game at this point in the year just getting you ready for October.
09:11Swing and a fly ball, right field.
09:13Under it is Cole.
09:14Tagging at third is Bader.
09:16Cole gets behind it.
09:17Bader's coming home.
09:18The throw to the plate is cut off by Freeman.
09:20The Phillies take the lead.
09:22And the bases are loaded.
09:23Miguel Rojas is a very good situational hitter.
09:26Fly ball out toward left field.
09:28It's not that deep.
09:30Stott is out there.
09:31Makes the catch.
09:32And Betts will hold up at third.
09:34Dodgers are down to their last out.
09:36A couple years ago, Max Muncy had a walk-off grand slam against the Phillies.
09:40Can he channel that moment here tonight?
09:43Swing and a ground ball over to first.
09:44This should do it.
09:45Harper's got it.
09:46He'll take it to the bag.
09:47And for the second consecutive season, the Philadelphia Phillies are the National League East champions.
09:54It is their 13th National League East title.
09:58And boy, did it come with some drama.
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