Saturday night, for a while, looked like it was going to be a statement.

Cristopher Sánchez was carving up Shohei Ohtani, the hitter, and the defending champion Dodgers with his changeup, and J.T. Realmuto led a charge with a triple to generate a few early runs off Shohei Ohtani, the pitcher.

But then they got stuck in place.

Ohtani, on the mound, settled into a rhythm and kept the Phillies to just those three early runs while he powered his way through six innings.

He didn't fare well at the plate, but eventually, L.A. got on the board. Kike Hernández chased Sánchez with a two-out, two-run double in the sixth, then in the seventh, with two outs again, Teoscar Hernández flipped the lead for the Dodgers with a Matt Strahm fastball he launched into the seats for a three-run h

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