APLos Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani pitches during the second inning in Game 1 of baseball’s National League Division Series against the against the Philadelphia Phillies Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Philadelphia. Ohtani struck out four straight times at the plate, the final time in the seventh with no outs and two runners on against Matt Strahm. Following a Mookie Betts popout, Hernández silenced a roaring Phillies crowd with an opposite-field drive to right off Strahm for a 5-3 lead. Phillies starter Cristopher Sánchez struck out Ohtani three times, included a called strike three in the fifth inning that sent a towel-waving crowd into delirium. While disaster struck late for the Phillies bullpen, Vesia saved Tyler Glasnow in the eighth.