A cloud began to settle over the Dodgers as the insult of 5 scoreless innings was accompanied by a particularly unfortunate injury: relief pitcher Brusdar Graterol, making his return from a shoulder injury, had to be helped off the field after injuring his hamstring. His replacement, Brent Honeywell, inherited a runner at first, then allowed a walk to Realmuto and a base hit to Nick Castellanos to extend the Phillies’ lead. Marsh then walked to load the bases for Edmundo Sosa, who slapped a bouncer towards a diving Freddy Freeman. Freeman was able to get his glove close enough to deflect the ball but not enough to stop it; the ball bounced into right as two runs scored, giving the Phillies a 4-0 lead.

Teoscar Hernández gave the Los Angeles nine a spark in the bottom 6th with a leadoff double, scoring on a groundout from Will Smith. They continued to build in the bottom 7th, finishing Sánchez’s night with a leadoff single and walk. But Matt Strahm did an admirable job of cleaning up the potential mess, putting the next three Dodgers, including Shohei Ohtani, out.

Hernández again provided some life to the Dodgers in the bottom of the 8th, smacking a dinger out to dead center and narrowing the deficit to 2.

But Hernández wasn’t the only one heating up: Sosa hit a high fly ball to right that just managed to stay fair for a homer. Kyle Schwarber, not to be outdone, immediately hit one to right that went even further and cut it even closer: it bounced off the foul pole on its way down. 6-2, Fightins.

There would be one more tremor: Andy Pages doubled with one out. But it didn’t register on the scale. The Phillies finished it off by inducing a foul pop from Ohtani, who ended his night 0 for 4.

The Phillies are 67-46, and have clinched the tiebreaker over the Dodgers by winning the season series. The rubber match is tomorrow at 10:10.