The highly-anticipated three-game series between the National League’s top two teams was anything but. The Los Angeles Dodgers were swept on the road by the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday. The series exposed every one of the Dodgers’ flaws.
After losing 5-1 in the series finale, the Dodgers learned how much ground they have to make up if they two meet again in the postseason.
“They’re clearly playing a lot better baseball than we are. They’re clearly a better team than we are right now,” manager Dave Roberts told reporters in Philadelphia. “We really didn’t do much well this series.