PHILADELPHIA — Two innings into Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Saturday night, the Dodgers had been punched in the mouth.
The Phillies had scored three runs off Shohei Ohtani in the bottom of the second. Citizens Bank Park was shaking on the scale of a small earthquake. And the Dodgers’ offense was doing nothing against Phillies left-hander Cristopher Sánchez.
In the opening contest of a heavyweight series, the defending champions were down.
But, in their typically resilient fashion, far from out.
In a come-from-behind, statement-sending 5-3 win, the Dodgers did again what carried them a championship last October.