Teoscar Hernández hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the third inning, Shohei Ohtani also homered in the eighth, and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 on Monday night in a game between NL division leaders.
Tyler Glasnow (9-6) struck out nine batters and allowed three runs on four hits over six innings. He has set a career-high with 164 strikeouts this season.
Glasnow retired the side in order four times, including striking out Kyle Schwarber, Trea Turner, and Bryce Harper in the first inning.
“I felt a little out of whack,” Glasnow said. “The positive today for me was just to ignore how I feel and just go and try and attack the zone.”
Harper struck out three times as the NL East-leading Phillies lost their seventh game in eight tries after initially leading 2-0 with two outs in the second inning. Bryson Stott had an RBI infield single and then scored on a wild pitch by Glasnow.
Freddie Freeman returned to the Dodgers after missing eight games to be with his sick 3-year-old son. He went 1 for 4 and received a standing ovation before his first at-bat. Harper later greeted Freeman with a hug at first base.
“It was really cool to see people rally around Freddie and the Freeman family,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. Ohtani added, “It was very touching.”
The NL West-leading Dodgers scored four runs in the third inning. Andy Pages hit an RBI double into the left field corner, and Ohtani tied the game 2-2 with a sacrifice fly to right field, bringing in his 80th RBI of the season. Hernández then hit his 24th homer to left for a 4-2 lead off Aaron Nola (11-5).
Daniel Hudson pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn his eighth save.
After Schwarber singled, Glasnow couldn’t finish off Harper with two strikes in the sixth, and Harper doubled down the left field line. Schwarber scored on Alec Bohm’s RBI groundout, bringing the Phillies to within 4-3.
