More excellent starting pitching from the Dodgers and Phillies was on display on Monday night in Philadelphia, with zeroes through six innings. The Dodgers broke through in a four-run seventh inning then lived through a disastrous ninth inning to escape Citizens Bank Park with a 4-3 win and a 2-0 lead in the best-of-5 National League Division Series.

The Dodgers led 4-1 entering the ninth inning and, despite manager Dave Roberts saying Roki Sasaki would be available to pitch for the second time in three days, the team turned to Blake Treinen to open the ninth inning. He was pulled after allowing a single and two doubles, leaving with the same no outs but the lead down to one and the tying run in scoring position.

Then came Alex Vesia, and the Phillies tried a sacrifice bunt. A charging M

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