PHILADELPHIA -- Welcome to October chaos.

With a dominant effort from Blake Snell , one perfectly executed wheel play and one fortuitous scoop from Freddie Freeman for the game's final out, the Los Angeles Dodgers escaped with a tense, thrilling 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night to take a 2-0 lead in their National League Division Series.

"I'll take off my Dodgers hat and just put on a fan hat," shortstop Mookie Betts said. "I think that was a really, really dope baseball game. I think both of these games were really, really dope baseball games, fun to be a part of. Obviously, it's a lot better when you're on the winning side, but you can't ask for better postseason baseball. It's just fun. This is why we play."

The first six innings were a classic p

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