Tyler Glasnow (9-6) delivered a strong performance, striking out nine while allowing three runs and four hits over six innings. The right-hander has now recorded a career-high 164 strikeouts this season.
Glasnow set down the side in order four times, including a dominant first inning where he fanned Kyle Schwarber, Trea Turner, and Bryce Harper. Harper endured a tough night, striking out three times as the NL East-leading Phillies dropped their seventh game in eight outings. They had briefly taken a 2-0 lead in the second inning with Bryson Stott’s RBI infield single and a run scored on a wild pitch by Glasnow.
Freddie Freeman made his return to the Dodgers’ lineup after an eight-game absence due to tending to his ill three-year-old son. He went 1-for-4 and received a standing ovation during his first at-bat. Bryce Harper later greeted Freeman with a hug at first base.
The Dodgers surged ahead with a four-run third inning. Andy Pages hit an RBI double into the left-field corner, and Ohtani's sacrifice fly to right tied the game at 2-2, marking his 80th RBI of the season. Hernández followed with his 24th homer off Aaron Nola (11-5), putting the Dodgers ahead 4-2.
Daniel Hudson closed out the ninth inning for his eighth save.
In the sixth inning, Schwarber singled and Harper, battling through two strikes, doubled down the left-field line. Schwarber scored on Alec Bohm’s RBI groundout, pulling the Phillies to within a run at 4-3. Dodgers reliever Anthony Banda pitched a scoreless eighth, stranding Schwarber and Bohm.
Ohtani’s 34th homer added insurance for the Dodgers, making it 5-3 in the eighth. Center fielder Brandon Marsh made a futile leap at the wall as Ohtani doubled back to first base, ensuring he touched the bag before completing his home run trot.
The victory snapped a four-game losing streak for the Dodgers against the Phillies, their longest active losing streak against any opponent. They had been swept in Philadelphia last month, with Nola earning one of those wins.
