October 10, 2008
Top of the Ninth
The Dodgers still trail 8-5 as they send up the heart of the order in the 9th inning. Manny Ramirez, Andre Ethier and James Loney are due to face Brad Lidge.
Update: Lidge walks Manny to start the ninth, but comes back to strike out Ethier. Manny takes second on the K.
Update: Lidge walks Loney. The Dodgers send up Matt Kemp as the tying run, men on first and second.
Update: Kemp strikes out. If the pattern holds, Garciaparra should draw a walk.
Update: Nomar swings and misses at the first pitch, which is just off the outside corner. The next two are no where near the strike zone, but Nomar swings and misses at both. The Phillies with 8-5 and take a commanding 2-0 lead in the series. If the teams are evenly matched, the Phillies have about an 81% chance of advancing to the World Series.
So far this year, however, the home team has won every game of the ten played between the two clubs. The Dodgers need to hope that holds up over the next three games.