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Game 3 went about as badly as it could have for the Dodgers, who had a shot at sweeping the Phillies at home. They did not do that, as Yoshinobu Yamamoto struggled through 4+ innings and the Dodger bats couldn’t get anything going off Aaron Nola and Ranger Suarez. The Dodgers were still only down by two when Clayton Kershaw came in for the seventh and struggled but escaped with a scoreless inning. Dave Roberts left Kershaw in for the eighth and he got absolutely lit up, allowing four earned (and one unearned run) and five hits to put the game out of reach. The decision to let Kershaw die out there is a bit more tolerable with the news that Tanner Scott wasn’t at the stadium due to a personal issue (more on that soon), but it was still painful to watch. The Phillies have life now and send their ace to the mound in hopes of sending this series back to Philly.
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| SS | Turner | DH | Ohtani (L) |
| DH | Schwarber (L) | SS | Betts |
| 1B | Harper (L) | RF | Hernández |
| 3B | Bohm | 1B | Freeman (L) |
| CF | Marsh (L) | 2B | Edman (S) |
| C | Realmuto | C | Smith |
| LF | Kepler (L) | LF | Call |
| RF | Castellanos | 3B | K. Hernández |
| 2B | Stott (L) | CF | Pages |
| P | Sánchez (L) | P | Glasnow (R) |
Tyler Glasnow gets his first start of the postseason today. He was available out of the bullpen in the Wild Card series but didn’t appear. He did pitch in Game 1 of this series and wasn’t exactly sharp despite throwing 1 2/3 scoreless innings. He faced the minimum in the seventh inning, working around a leadoff single by getting Nick Castellanos to hit into a double play. Glasnow came back out for the dreaded eighth inning and struck out two, but allowed a single and two walks to load the bases before being lifted for Alex Vesia, who got a flyout to end the threat. The walks continued a worrisome trend for Glasnow, whose 11.7 percent walk rate was his highest since 2017 and the second-highest among starters with over 90 innings thrown this season. Injuries limited Glasnow to only 18 starts this season, but he walked three or more batters in eight of those starts. He still posted a 3.19 ERA and struck out 106 batters in 90 1/3 innings. Glasnow’s first start of the season came in Philly and it did not go well. He allowed a walk and a single in the first two innings, but the wheels came completely off to start the third. Glasnow walked the first three batters of the inning and allowed an RBI single that kept the bases loaded. He then uncorked a wild pitch to bring in another one, and then issued another walk to re-load the bases. He got pulled for Vesia, who promptly served up a grand slam to Castellanos.
Cristopher Sanchez makes his second start of the series for the Phillies. Sanchez got the ball in Game 1 and was mostly excellent, scattering four baserunners through his first five innings. He got the first two outs of the sixth and looked to be coasting to another easy inning, but walked Freddie Freeman and allowed a single to Tommy Edman. Enrique Hernandez doubled both runners in and chased Sanchez from the game.
Sanchez threw a sinker 44 percent of the time, change 40 percent of the time and slider 16 percent of the time in that Game 1 start. That’s more or less in line with his season usage. He got 18 whiffs, which would have matched his third-highest total in any start this season. He only threw the changeup in the zone 29 percent of the time and Dodgers swung at it 19 times and missed on 12 of those, which isn’t ideal. When they did make contact, they only averaged a 76.1 MPH exit velocity off the pitch and Alex Call had the only base hit off it. Sanchez struck out eight in that game, and six of them were Shohei Ohtani and Teoscar Hernandez (three strikeouts each).
Max Muncy sits today, with Enrique Hernandez starting at third and Call starting in left. Andy Pages slides down to ninth in the lineup, and Will Smith starts for the second straight game. For the Phillies, Harrison Bader remains out of the lineup as they run it back with the same lineup that put up eight last night.
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Scott was removed from the roster and replaced by Justin Wrobleski.
MLB has approved a roster substitution due to an injury to #Dodgers pitcher Tanner Scott, who will be replaced by Justin Wrobleski for the remainder of their NLDS vs. the Phillies. By rule, Scott will be ineligible for the NLCS should the Dodgers qualify.
— Kirsten Watson (@kirsten_watson) October 9, 2025
Scott was reportedly away due to a personal matter and is now off the roster, with Wrobleski stepping in.
Tanner Scott had a lower body abscess procedure, Dave Roberts said. It was unexpected — he started showing signs during the workout day.
— Fabian Ardaya (@FabianArdaya) October 9, 2025
Roberts didn’t rule out Scott’s availability for the World Series, should they advance that far.
He seemingly had a physical issue, which a quick Google says is usually due to a bacterial infection. They’re saying it became more of an urgent situation last night. His removal from the roster means he’s ineligible for the NLCS should the Dodgers make it, but he’d be available for the World Series. The Dodgers say he could be ready to go if they get that far, so it’s fortunate that it doesn’t appear to be an overly serious issue or a personal/family matter as was speculated last night.
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First pitch is scheduled for 3:08 PM PT and will be on TBS and HBO Max.
