Dodgers 5-0 Phillies (Sep 17, 2025) Recreation Recap

LOS ANGELES — — Blake Snell struck out a season-high 12 over seven innings, Shohei Ohtani hit his 51st homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0 on Wednesday night to avoid a three-game sweep.

Freddie Freeman also homered for the Dodgers, who blew multiple-run leads in losing 9-6 on Tuesday and 6-5 in 10 innings on Monday, when the Phillies clinched the NL East title for the second straight yr.

Snell (5-4) gave up two hits — back-to-back, two-out singles to Bryson Stott and Harrison Bader within the third — and beat the Phillies for the primary time in his profession.

Snell issued consecutive two-out walks that introduced the tying run to the plate within the seventh. Manager Dave Roberts visited the mound and reliever Alex Vesia started jogging from the bullpen, however Roberts left Snell in.

Snell responded by getting rookie Otto Kemp on a swinging strike to finish the inning. The two-time Cy Young Award winner set free a yell as the gang of fifty,859 erupted. He tossed a season-high 112 pitches, 69 for strikes.

Freeman homered main off the second and Ben Rortvedt added an RBI single for a 2-0 lead.

Andy Pages walked, stole second, took third on Phillies starter Jesús Luzardo’s pickoff error and scored on Kiké Hernández’s two-strike, two-out RBI single within the fourth.

Luzardo (14-7) allowed 4 runs and 4 hits in seven innings. He struck out six whereas throwing 106 pitches — one off his season excessive.

Key second

After the Phillies struck for six homers within the first two video games, their bats went silent. Kyle Schwarber, whose 53 homers are second most within the NL, and Bryce Harper had been a mixed 0 for 7. Schwarber struck out 3 times.

Key stats

Ohtani prolonged his on-base streak to 22 video games — longest within the majors this season. Teammate Mookie Betts shared the mark till going 0 for 4. … Luzardo had not given up a homer to a left-handed hitter this season till Freeman and Ohtani went deep.

Up subsequent

The Phillies go to Arizona on Friday and had not introduced a starter. The D-backs begin RHP Ryne Nelson (7-3, 3.34 ERA). Dodgers RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-8, 2.66) begins Thursday in opposition to the visiting San Francisco Giants and RHP Logan Webb (14-10, 3.34).

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