"They will because they won't blow the two-games-to-none lead they have after their 4-3 victory over the Phillies on Monday in Game 2 of their best-of-five series. They will because the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs don't have the firepower necessary to take down these Dodgers in the next round. The Phillies were to the Dodgers this year what the San Diego Padres were last year. They were their greatest obstacle. The road back to the World Series is almost cleared."
"The Dodgers didn't come close to winning 120 games, and they were underwhelming in the regular season, which explains why they were unable to secure either of the first-round byes that were claimed by the Phillies and Brewers. They entered the postseason with an alarmingly untrustworthy bullpen, and that bullpen nearly blew a four-run lead in Game 2. But in stealing two wins at Citizens Bank Park, the Dodgers demonstrated they still have that championship something that no other team in baseball has."
The Dodgers took a 2-0 lead in the NLDS by beating the Phillies 4-3, powered by Blake Snell's six scoreless innings. Game 3 shifts to Dodger Stadium with Yoshinobu Yamamoto starting and an opportunity to eliminate Philadelphia. The Dodgers overcame regular-season inconsistencies and a shaky bullpen to steal two road wins at Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies were the Dodgers' biggest obstacle this year, but the Dodgers now appear poised to advance, with confidence that the Brewers and Cubs lack the firepower to stop them in the next round.
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