There was an earthquake in the middle of tonight’s game, a 5.3 on the Richter Scale that could be felt in Los Angeles. But that wasn’t what shook the Dodgers tonight. No, what left them rattled, off-kilter, and ultimately defeated was Cristopher Sánchez. And then aftershocks named Matt Strahm and Carlos Estévez . Forget the ground shaking; it’s the groundballs induced that you have to fear.
The Phillies looked a little lost in the first two innings, going down without recording a hit. Sánchez pulled his weight by keeping the Dodgers off the board in their first two frames, though he did allow two two-out hits.