Game 2 of the NLCS Phillies - Dodgers

The Phillies win Game 2 for the Dodgers. The Dodgers won Game 2 of the NLCS 2-1. Pedro Martinez did a great job pitching 7 scoreless innings but in the end it wouldn't matter. Ryan Howard in the 4th inning hit a solo home run off pitcher Vicente Padilla who pitched a very good game as well and put the Phillies up 1-0. After that it was the Phillies through out the first 7 innings. Martinez shut down the Dodger bats and looked very strong. He only gave up 2 hits through out 7 innings of work.


In the 8th inning Charlie Manuel took out Martinez to put in Chan Ho Park who has been great in the Phillies bull pen gives up a hit to Casey Blake. Than coming into run for Blake was Juan Pierre, now stepping to plate for the Dodgers was Ronnie Belliard and he drops down a bunt single and now there is runners on 1st and 2rd and no out. Now stepping into bat for the Dodgers is Russell Martin who hit a hard ground ball to third baseman Pedro Feliz and throws the ball to second baseman Chase Utley and what you would have thought would have been a double play turns out to be Era as he threw the ball away to first baseman Ryan Howard and Pierre scores on the Era and game is now tired 1-1. So here we are in the 8th inning bases loaded 2 outs coming in for Ryan Madson that loaded the bases for the Dodgers is the left hander J.A. Happ to pitch to left handed hitter Andre Ethier and J.A. Happ walks him and walks in the winning run and the Dodgers take the lead 2-1. In the 9th inning the Dodgers give the ball to their hard right handed closer Jonathan Broxton and gets a 1,2,3 inning and the Dodgers win Game 2 of the NLCS and now ties the series up 1-1.

Game 3 of the NLCS between the Phillies and Dodgers will be on Sunday night at 8:07 on TBS. The Phillies come home and send out their ace left hander Cilff Lee to try to take a 2-1 series lead. As the Dodgers send out their left hander Randy Wolf to do the same. Both pitchers are the probable starters.