The Phillies are more than just alive — they're dangerous — after Game 3 win

This one was the hard one. This one was the one where it was most likely to end. The Phillies weren’t dead because they had to win three straight games. They were dead because they had to win Game 3.

Well, something funny happened at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday night. The Phillies bats came alive, and Aaron Nola and Ranger Suárez kept the Dodgers in check in the team's 8-2 win.

Less than 48 hours ago, it seemed like the Phillies would have been better off chartering a hearse for their cross-country flight to SoCal. Now, after one game, all that stands between them and a decisive Game 5 is their Cy Young ace against the Dodgers’ No. 4 starter, a righty who allowed four of 8 batters to reach base while pitching 1⅔ innings of relief and whom the Phillies torched in his one regular season start against them.

Suddenly, this series feels closer to even than to elimination.

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