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Quality start from Kuroda can turn NLCS around (SportingNews.com)

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:26:33 PDT

All the Los Angeles Dodgers are asking Hiroki Kuroda to do today is save a season. Yes, it's almost that simple.

Dodgers Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:51:32 PDT

The Dodgers have been victimized twice in the first two games of the National League Championship Series by a geometric quirk in center field at otherwise hitter-friendly Citizens Bank Park, negating what would have been game-changing home runs.

Manny Ramirez hit a ball in Game 1 that struck just below the top of a railing above the 409-foot-mark, both the deepest and highest part of the park, and just to the left of a vertical yellow stripe differentiating balls in play from home runs. That turned a two-run homer into a one-run double in an inning in which the Dodgers wouldn't score again and in a game they would lose by one.

Then, in Game 2, Casey Blake hit what would have been a game-tying, three-run homer in the seventh inning if he had hit it to any other part of...

Scouting report: Phillies-Dodgers Game 3 (Yahoo! Sports)

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:43:00 PDT

Inside Edge, a leading baseball scouting and information service, will provide scouting reports to Yahoo!

Dodgers welcome change of scenery (Yahoo! Sports)

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:43:00 PDT

The Dodgers, full of potential but struggling in the NLCS, are still waiting for the series to begin for real.

Dodgers try to keep Philly winless in L.A. (AP)

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:12:31 PDT

Trailing 2-0 in the National League championship series, the Los Angeles Dodgers have the Philadelphia Phillies right where they want them -- at home. That's where the Dodgers were 4-0 against the Phillies during the regular season. "We just got to get hot at the right time and now is the right time in front of our fans," catcher Russell Martin said Saturday.

Big questions loom for Dodgers and Phillies (SportingNews.com)

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:16:21 PDT

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Phils' Werth says series is far from over (Yahoo! Sports)

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:07:57 PDT

The Los Angeles Dodgers sent out the best they have, two pitchers who hadn't lost in more than five weeks, had...

Manny: Dodgers need some Crown Royal shots (Yahoo! Sports)

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:02:41 PDT

The Los Angeles Dodgers are sick. Dr. Manny has the prescription: Cowboy up. "Maybe we need to do some Crown...

What we learned: Myers is a dual threat (SportingNews.com)

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:45:56 PDT

Brett Myers didn't pitch all that great Friday but his hitting more than made up for it, and that's a big reason why the Phillies are two wins from the World Series, says Stan McNeal.

Phillies' surprise big bat in Myers' hands (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:01:00 PDT

Phillies pitcher Brett Myers is "baffled" by his recent success at the plate, including going 3 for 3 in the Game 2 win over the Dodgers.

Dodgers' hopes rest with Manny (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:55:00 PDT

Two games – and two losses – in the NLCS indicate that the Dodgers aren't ready for prime time without Manny Ramirez.

Dodgers 5, Phillies 8 (AP)

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:09:13 PDT

Brett Myers stood on first base, shaking his head and shrugging his shoulders. He couldn't explain his hitting success, and no one ever expected it. Myers did better at the plate than on the mound, going 3-for-3 with three RBIs, and Shane Victorino drove in four runs as the Philadelphia Phillies overcame another homer by Manny Ramirez to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-5 Friday for a 2-0 lead in the...

Dodgers need big comeback at home to even NLCS (AP)

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:18:28 PDT

Manny Ramirez did his part. His three-run homer plopped in a front-row flower bed and was enough to make Sandy Koufax rise from his seat and cheer. When Ramirez cocked his head back at the plate and pointed toward the last few fleeting moments of Dodgers blue sky, it was the final time L.A. was looking up.

A sinker that didn't sink did in Derek Lowe (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:35:36 PDT

For Derek Lowe, it was the ultimate "What if?" game, the kind of night where he wished he could have...

Phillies' bullpen writes the perfect ending (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:28:29 PDT

It was so quiet and then it was so loud. It felt that way all over Citizens Bank Park in the moments before and...

Dodgers are panicking after Game 1 loss (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:25:24 PDT

If the Los Angeles Dodgers are worried after losing Game 1 of the National League Championship Series, burning...

Homers, near misses mark NLCS Game One (PA SportsTicker)

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:02:35 PDT

For one night, Citizens Bank Park was only hitter-friendly to the Philadelphia Phillies.

Phillies' patience pays off (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:17:00 PDT

The Phillies waited for Derek Lowe to slip, and when an opportunity finally arrived, they pounced.

Lowe not down about mental lapse (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:28:00 PDT

The Dodgers' Derek Lowe won't admit he was rattled by a teammate's error, but he won't lose sleep over it either.

Dodgers 2, Phillies 3 (AP)

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:26:39 PDT

Pat Burrell and Chase Utley cleared the wall with room to spare. Manny Ramirez's drive fell just short and stayed in the park. Utley and Burrell homered off tiring Derek Lowe in the sixth inning to back a strong performance by Cole Hamels, and the Philadelphia Phillies were a winner in their return to the NL championship series, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 Thursday night.

What we learned: Hamels hangs in (SportingNews.com)

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:16:52 PDT

Stan McNeal breaks down Game 1 of the NLCS, won by the Phillies, 3-2. Phils starter Cole Hamels earns top billing after his seven-inning performance.

Ramirez can't win Game 1 of NLCS for Dodgers (AP)

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:03:47 PDT

Manny Ramirez needed one more foot and the Los Angeles Dodgers needed one more run in the NL championship series opener. The Dodgers slugger flicked his bat and admired his shot to center field in the first inning. The ball went about as far and high as it could travel at cozy Citizens Bank Park without going over the fence.

Scouting report: Dodgers-Phillies Game 2 (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:11:00 PDT

Inside Edge, a leading baseball scouting and information service, will provide scouting reports to Yahoo!

Phillies-Dodgers: An Inside Look (PA SportsTicker)

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:31:36 PDT

The Los Angeles Dodgers are the hottest team in the majors, but they won't have an easy time sustaining that momentum when they face the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League Championship Series.

Phillies' reconstruction under Gillick is no surprise (SportingNews.com)

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:16:39 PDT

Pat Gillick made a series of under-the-radar moves to get the Phillies where they are today, and it should be no surprise after similar success with the Blue Jays, Orioles and Mariners.

Dodgers closer Saito not on NLCS roster (PA SportsTicker)

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:34:36 PDT

Los Angeles Dodgers closer Takashi Saito was left off the roster for the National League Championship Series against the Philadelphia Phillies.

Phillies have handled Ramirez well ... so far (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:15:45 PDT

The Philadelphia Phillies fared better than most major league teams this season when it comes to keeping Los...

Philly fans have 10,000 reasons to feel like losers (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:42:42 PDT

You spend any time in this dingy city and around these folks, and pit bulls running wild come to mind.

Rested Hamels anxioius to face Dodgers (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:29:30 PDT

Cole Hamels had prepared himself for the opener of the postseason for the Phillies as any other game during the...