""Luzardo," said Dodger first baseman Freddie Freeman, "was amazing." Yet it was Freeman who brought Luzardo's masterful night to an end and pushed the Phillies' season to the brink, keying a 4-3 Dodger win that sends the best-of-five series to Los Angeles for Game 3 on Wednesday with Philadelphia a loss away from spring training. "It's huge. It's absolutely huge," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of the two-game sweep on the road. "Guys are really stepping up.""
"Teoscar Hernández got it started with a single to center. Freeman followed with a hit off the end of his bat into the right-field corner, a single he turned into a double when he refused to stop at first, surprising outfielder Nick Castellanos. "I was trying to keep things going, put pressure on them," Freeman said. "I just wanted to push the envelope in that situation since we hadn't had anything going on since the first inning.""
The Dodgers defeated the Phillies 4-3 in Game 2 of the National League Division Series, taking a two-game lead and sending the series to Los Angeles. Phillies starter Jesús Luzardo retired 17 batters in a row and had allowed one hit through six innings before giving up multiple baserunners in the seventh. The Dodgers batted around in the seventh, producing aggressive at-bats, smart baserunning and three two-out RBIs. Teoscar Hernández started the rally, Freddie Freeman turned a single into a double and helped push the Dodgers ahead, shifting momentum in the series.
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