Game 163, Round 2 didn’t have quite the excitement of the day’s earlier edition, when the Milwaukee Brewers edged past the Chicago Cubs. The Los Angeles Dodgers kept the Colorado Rockies scoreless until the ninth inning, cruising to victory off a sharp performance by starting pitcher Walker Buehler. The Dodgers will go on to face the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS, while the Rockies have the Cubs in Tuesday’s wild-card game. (In the other division series, the wild-card winner will face the Brewers.) Here are three thoughts off the Dodgers’ 5-2 win:
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