PHILIDELPHIA -- A high-scoring affair in Philadelphia went the Phillies way as they won the rubber match against the Dodgers by a final of 8-7. A disastrous third inning was the fatal kidney shot for the Dodgers and the Los Angeles pitching staff were giving free passes like they were candy as they issued 11 walks total for the game. Teoscar Hernández had a day at the plate driving in five of the Dodgers' seven runs along with two home runs, but it wasn't enough to top the Phillies at home.

The Dodgers started the scoring in this game in the first as after a single by Tommy Edman, Hernández blasted an opposite-field two-run home run, his first of two in the game, to tack on two early runs for Los Angeles.

Buenos dias from Teoscar! pic.twitter.com/TidsuASTbc
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) April 6, 2025

The light rain that drizzled on top of Citizens Bank Park had a huge impact in the third inning. Glasnow would walk Rafael Marchán to begin the inning, followed by Kyle Schwarber and Trea Turner free passes that would have the bases full of Phillies with no outs. Bryce Harper was the next man up to the plate and hit a bloop single to score Marchán and cut the deficit to 2-1. The rain was tormenting Glasnow as he couldn't seem to get his footing on the mound and the ball slipped out of his hands as he threw a wild pitch in the next at-bat and quickly, the Phillies had tied the game. Glasnow continued to give out free passes and would walk Max Kepler. This would be Glasnow's final batter as he walked off the mound visibly upset. His final line score was two innings, five earned runs on two hits, and five walks with only two punchouts. He threw 60 pitches, only 28 of them were strikes.

Tyler Glasnow's final line: 2 IP, 2 H, 5 R (all earned), 5 BB, 2 Ks, 60 pitches/28 strikes. pic.twitter.com/Z0KXyRhYV0
— Dodger Insider (@DodgerInsider) April 6, 2025

Alex Vesia would come in to replace Glasnow and the cherry on top of a disastrous inning would be placed as Nick Castellanos was first pitch swinging and launched a go-ahead grand slam that concluded a six-run inning for Philadelphia.

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Apr 6, 2025; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Nick Castellanos (8) celebrates his grand slam with first base Bryce Harper (3) during the third inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers home run at Citizens Bank Park.

Los Angeles would quickly answer back in the top half of the fourth as again, Hernández would launch his second home run of the game off the right field foul pole, and in the fifth, he would deliver again with an RBI double and inch the Dodgers closer 6-4. He has scored all of the Dodgers' four runs up until this point and after that at-bat, in only 9 career AB's vs Christopher Sánchez, Hernández has five hits including two doubles and two HR's.

Teoscar again! pic.twitter.com/4tkNd86zr8
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) April 6, 2025

Phillies starting pitcher Christopher Sánchez would do his job on the mound and neutralize the Dodger's starting nine by going 5.2 innings, allowing four earned runs on six hits and one walk, while striking out nine. He threw 88 pitches, 60 of which were strikes.

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Apr 6, 2025; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez (61) throws a pitch during the first inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Citizens Bank Park.

A call of appreciation to Jack Dreyer on the Dodgers pitching front as he was solid on the mound as he went 2.1 innings, only walking two batters, allowing no runs on no hits, and striking out four Phillies.

Jack Dreyer's 4Ks pic.twitter.com/nXLrRJV7rS
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) April 6, 2025

The sun would emerge from the clouds and the Dodgers' offense would surge once again as in the seventh inning, someone else not named Teoscar Hernández would drive in a run as Mookie Betts cracked an RBI double to score Andy Pages from second and put the Dodgers fifth run on the board.

Moooook! pic.twitter.com/6r4rpDAONE
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) April 6, 2025

Of course, Hernández had to add his fifth RBI of the day by hitting a sacrifice fly to right that would allow Shohei Ohtani to score with ease and we had ourselves a new ball game and Los Angeles completed the comeback being down by four runs.

Teoscar Hernández sac fly for the tie, Will Smith RBI double for the lead in a big 7th inning rally for the @Dodgers! pic.twitter.com/Ma0osJnTE2
— MLB (@MLB) April 6, 2025

The Dodgers weren't done yet as Will Smith would hit an RBI double of his own and give Los Angeles their first lead of the game 7-6.

Dodgers have rallied back from down 6-2 to take the lead over the Phillies! pic.twitter.com/pj6cStEd6W
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) April 6, 2025

Philadelphia was quiet for some time until they answered back to the Dodgers' comeback by tying the game with a Bryson Stott RBI single and one of the fastest players in the league, Edmundo Sosa, legs out safely to first on a ground out that allowed Kepler to score and regain the lead 8-7 which would ultimately put the nail in the coffin for Los Angeles and drop the series.

The Phillies scored two runs in the 7th to retake the lead over the Dodgers, 8-7.

The inning began with some more defensive struggles by Andy Pages in center field leading to a leadoff double and a big inning.pic.twitter.com/1pSddoBSWu
— Noah Camras (@noahcamras) April 6, 2025

The Dodgers (9-2) now set their sights on Washington D.C. to play the Nationals (3-6) for the final three games of this six-game road trip. Dustin May (0-0) will be handed the ball for Los Angeles and MacKenzie Gore (0-1) will be on the bump for the Nationals.

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