An 8-0 victory in the day game conclusion of the series with the Phillies means the Dodgers have swept the second-best team in the National League, have won five in a row, and nine of their last 10 games.
This is good.
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Rich Hill and Nick Pivetta ended up in a day game pitchers’ duel, which wasn’t as much a surprise entering this game for the former (2.73 ERA) as the latter (7.71 ERA).
Hill cruised through four innings, and the first Phillies runner to reach second happened in the 5th after a single that was advanced on a ground out, but after an intentional walk Hill got a strikeout to escape.