LOS ANGELES — Just when the fading Los Angeles Dodgers were barely visible above the horizon in this National League Championship Series, Cody Bellinger pulled them back into view in the eighth inning of Game 3. Three-run homers have a way of papering over past failures, and the Dodgers’ list of those was growing by the plate appearance.
Five outs from dropping into a three-games-to-none sinkhole, a lineup that had sputtered with runners in scoring position was facing its fair share of doubters, even within the Dodgers’ dugout.
“We were dead in the water,” Manager Dave Roberts said.