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JON MILLER: “And a pleasant good evening to you wherever you may be… from Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, where the Dodgers have taken Game 3 of this League Championship Series by a score of 9–3, and they now lead the series two games to one.”
JOE MORGAN: “Jon, this was really decided in that fourth inning. The Dodgers just strung together one good at-bat after another. That’s what good teams do in October — they don’t try to do too much, they just keep the line moving.”
JON: “And boy, did they ever. Seven runs in that fourth inning — seven! — and it all started with Josh Clevenger’s line drive into the gap. Bases loaded, nobody out, and boom, a two-run double off Gustavo Bojorquez. That turned a 3–2 Arizona lead into a Dodgers advantage, and they never looked back.”
JOE: “Clevenger had a great night, Jon. Two hits, drove in two, scored twice. But what really impressed me was how the Dodgers attacked pitches they could handle. Cimabue had a double in that same inning, S. Miller had another — that’s three doubles in one frame. You can’t give a postseason lineup that many hittable pitches.”
JON: “Arizona, meanwhile, did collect ten hits… but they could never seem to get the big one. They had traffic on the bases — Ramos with a couple of hits, Chapa with three — but Herrera kept them from putting together the crooked number.”
JOE: “And Herrera was really good tonight. Seven innings, eight hits, three runs, but only two earned. He didn’t walk anybody, Jon. That’s the key. If you’re not giving up free baserunners, you can work around a few singles.”
JON: “The Diamondbacks did jump in front early — two in the second, one in the third — but as you mentioned before the game, Joe, the Dodgers don’t panic. They stay patient, they stay within themselves, and eventually they find something to hit.”
JOE: “That’s right. And Arizona’s starter, Bojorquez… Jon, he just didn’t have it today. The command wasn’t sharp. Too many pitches in the middle of the plate. When you face a team that’s this good, this disciplined, they’re gonna make you pay for it.”
JON: “Dodgers finish with 13 hits, nine runs, and perhaps most importantly — they take control of the series. A 2–1 lead with Game 4 right back here tomorrow.”
JOE: “And that’s big. You want to put pressure on the other team. Arizona now has to beat the Dodgers three out of the next four. That's tough.”
JON: “Well, our final here from Los Angeles: Dodgers 9, Diamondbacks 3. David Herrera your Player of the Game, and the Dodgers go up two games to one in the National League Championship Series.”
JOE: “And Jon, tomorrow becomes a big test for Arizona. You don’t want to go down 3–1 in this ballpark.”
JON: “For Joe Morgan, this is Jon Miller saying — so long from Los Angeles! We’ll see you back here tomorrow night for Game 4.”
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