The path towards repeating as World Series champions got easier for the LA Dodgers. On Monday, Blake Snell threw six scoreless innings as the Dodgers won 4-3 to take a 2-0 lead in the NLDS over the Philadelphia Phillies.
In the process, they made MLB history by scoring four or more runs in 13 consecutive postseason games. The last team to do so was the 1970-71 Baltimore Orioles.
Now, the series heads back to Los Angeles, where the Dodgers can come away with a three-game sweep and move ahead to the NLCS. For Game 3 on Wednesday, LA will be going with their right-handed fireballer, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, to seal the fate of the Phillies. The general rule of thumb is that it is difficult to come back from a 2-0 deficit, especially when those two losses are at home. With that in m