The Los Angeles Dodgers have qualified for the National League Championship Series for the second straight season. On Thursday, they defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 in 11 innings at Dodgers Stadium in southern California to win the best out of five series three games to one. Here was the reaction on X.
The end of the @Phillies and @Dodgers game yesterday was hard to watch obviously because of how it ended. I woke up this morning still devastated for Orion Kerkering. But I’ll tell you what I did see: In a moment of total disbelief and heartbreak that their season ended so…
— Adam Wainwright (@UncleCharlie50) October 10, 2025
This was an extremely well pitched game on both sides. Tyler Glasnow was great for the Dodgers and Cristopher Sanchez was great for the Phillies. Both pitchers threw six shutout innings before Sanchez gave up an earned run in the seventh. I saw the same compassion from Phillies manager Rob Thompson that Wainwright saw. Did Kerkering make the wrong decision in throwing home than first base? Of course he did. However, the Phillies handled the situation with professionalism.
In MLB postseason history, only one pitcher has tossed a perfect 8th, a perfect 9th and a perfect 10th in a series-clinching victory.
That one pitcher was the @Dodgers‘ Roki Sasaki yesterday – as a 23-year-old rookie. pic.twitter.com/rfNAxq04hG
— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) October 10, 2025
Sasaki threw 36 pitches of which 26 pitches were strikes. He faced nine Phillies batters, struck out two batters, had four flyouts, and three groundouts. Moving forward, Sasaki will be a significant part of the Dodgers bullpen.
What a brutal way to end a season. You’ve got to feel for the Phillies.
The Dodgers, meanwhile, survive, advance and have three days off to set their rotation for the NLCS. pic.twitter.com/VLxuT1mFuJ
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) October 10, 2025
Here is video of the game-winning run for the Dodgers. It was a ground ball of the bat of Andy Pages that scored Hyeseong Kim.
ALEX. VESIA. pic.twitter.com/OBEGfEKR20
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) October 10, 2025
It was Alex Vesia who recorded the win for the Dodgers after pitching the 11th inning, and only giving up a walk.
Tyler Glasnow in the biggest start of his Dodgers career
6 IP
0 ER
2 H
3 BB
8 K
16 whiffsWas an ACE when his team needed him 🔥 pic.twitter.com/uC5Tcoifry
— Blake Harris (@BlakeHHarris) October 10, 2025
Glasnow has now thrown 7 2/3 innings pitched against the Phillies in the postseason without giving up an earned run. He threw an inning and two thirds against the Phillies in game one in a 5-3 Dodgers win and got the hold.
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