"The Dodgers battled back from a sloppy start to the NLDS as Teoscar Hernandez atoned for a misplay that led to at least one (possibly two) runs with a go-ahead game-winning seventh inning homer. Shohei Ohtani was excellent on the mound outside of a rough second inning, giving the Dodgers six solid innings before Tyler Glasnow, and Roki Sasaki held the Phillies off the board for a 5-3 win. The Dodgers stole Game 1 in Philly, which historically is a good sign."
"They have home field advantage in this round now, and have an opportunity to really keep their foot on the Phillies' throats with Blake Snell facing off against Jesús Luzardo. Snell made his Dodger postseason debut in Game 1 against the Reds and very good. It was the first of Snell's 13 career postseason outings where he pitched past the sixth inning as he completed seven with four hits, two runs and one walk allowed with nine strikeouts."
"Nearly all of the damage came in the seventh inning as Snell allowed a pair of singles, a run-scoring groundout and an RBI double for both runs and three of the four hits. He was able to get through the inning on a groundout, keeping the Dodgers up 8-2 for the bullpen to make things more tense than they needed to be in the eighth."
The Dodgers rallied from an early sloppy start when Teoscar Hernandez atoned for a misplay by delivering a go-ahead, game-winning seventh-inning home run. Shohei Ohtani delivered six solid innings with the only major blemish coming in a rough second inning. Tyler Glasnow and Roki Sasaki combined to hold the Phillies scoreless thereafter in a 5-3 victory. Winning Game 1 on the road gives the Dodgers favorable historical odds in a best-of-five Division Series and flips home-field advantage for the next games. Blake Snell will start next for Los Angeles against Jesús Luzardo. Snell previously threw seven innings with nine strikeouts in his Dodger postseason debut.
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