LOS ANGELES — Kyle Schwarber homered twice, his first towering shot clearing the right-field pavilion in a three-run fourth inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies prevented a sweep with an 8-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Sport 3 of their NL Division Collection on Wednesday night time.
It was the primary Schwarbomb of the postseason for the NL’s main residence run hitter and the primary allowed by the Dodgers in these playoffs. Schwarber snapped an 0-for-8 skid within the NLDS, slugging a 96-mph fastball from Yoshinobu Yamamoto 455 ft.
Schwarber grew to become simply the second participant to homer over the pavilion, becoming a member of Pittsburgh’s Willie Stargell, who did it in 1969 and 1973. Followers standing close to the again railing pointed because the ball went out.
Sport 4 of the best-of-five sequence is Thursday at Dodger Stadium.
After Philadelphia’s Aaron Nola pitched the primary two innings, Ranger Suárez got here in and allowed one run and 5 hits in 5 innings. He struck out 4 and walked one.
The Phillies tacked on 5 extra runs within the eighth — together with a solo shot by J.T. Realmuto and a two-run drive by Schwarber — off three-time Cy Younger Award winner Clayton Kershaw in his first postseason reduction look since 2019.
Six of the Phillies’ 12 hits got here off Kershaw in his 18th and remaining season with the Dodgers earlier than retiring at season’s finish.
Yamamoto retired 9 of his first 10 batters earlier than the Phillies jumped on him within the fourth.
Bryce Harper and Alec Bohm adopted with singles and Harper scored on heart fielder Andy Pages’ throwing error.
It skipped away from third baseman Max Muncy and into the Dodgers dugout, shifting Bohm to 3rd. He scored on Brandon Marsh’s sacrifice fly to left for a 3-1 lead.
The Phillies chased Yamamoto with back-to-back singles by Bryson Stott and Trea Turner within the fifth.
Reliever Anthony Banda got here in and labored out of a bases-loaded jam.
He struck out Schwarber after Stott and Turner’s double steal. Harper flied out and Bohm was deliberately walked earlier than Banda received Marsh on a swinging strikeout to finish the menace.
The Dodgers led 1-0 on Tommy Edman’s homer on the primary pitch by Suárez main off the third.
The Dodgers had the potential tying runs on first and second within the sixth however Max Muncy grounded into an inning-ending double play.
Kershaw allowed three runners within the seventh, however none scored. One other left-hander, 89-year-old Dodgers nice Sandy Koufax, was on his ft applauding as Kershaw jogged to the mound.
Dodgers sluggers Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman have been a mixed 0 for 8 with three strikeouts. Mookie Betts tripled and singled in 4 at-bats.
