PHILADELPHIA — Blake Snell had yielded to the Los Angeles Dodgers' bullpen after a masterful start and was just a bystander when the Phillies — without any help from their All-Star trio at the top of the batting order — finally mustered a rally in the ninth inning.

A leadoff single. A two-run double. A headfirst slide — safe!

Phillies bats and a previously silenced crowd both finally rising to the occasion and their feet.

Through all the drama, Snell's confidence in the playoff-tested Dodgers never wavered.

“We know we're going to win,” the pitcher said.

Snell allowed one hit in six shutout innings, striking out nine, and the Dodgers made a couple of clutch defensive plays to barely turn back Philadelphia's late rally Monday night for a 4-3 victory in Game 2 of their NL Division Serie

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