Beating a team like the Dodgers in their own park, and their own timezone, is dicy. Bryce Harper made it seem possible with some eighth inning heroics, but in the end, the Phillies dropped game two in Los Angeles a couple of hours before sunrise on the east coast.
The fanbase crackled with excitement and/or rage with the news that the Phillies would be employing an opener for this game. What followed was essentially just a bullpen game but with “strategy,” so that makes it “analytics.” Or something. Anyways, the point is, Jose Alvarez got the start, went two innings, and gave up two walks and a hit but no runs to the vaunted Dodger lineup.