The Dodgers are back to where they were at this stage of the postseason last year: One defeat from elimination, with Clayton Kershaw about to take the mound in Game 4 of a National League division series on three days' rest.
"If we're going to go down, we're going to go down with our two horses," catcher Yasmani Grandal said.
Zack Greinke will pitch Game 5, but only if Kershaw and his teammates can do what they failed to do 12 months ago and extend the series beyond Tuesday.
The Dodgers are in this position again because starting pitcher Brett Anderson and long reliever Alex Wood were dreadful Monday night in a 13-7 defeat to the New York Mets, who claimed a critical two-games-to-one advantage in the best-of-five series.