October 12, 2008
Early Threat
Rafael Furcal and Andre Ethier each single to put men on first and second for Manny Ramirez in the bottom of the first. Manny singles through the shortstop hole to plate Furcal, but for some reason Burrell throws home. The Dodgers now have runners at second and third, leading 1-0.
Update: Manny now has five RBI in the three LCS games and eight in the playoffs. Martin gets hit on the knee to load the bases.
Update: Nomar hits a long foul ball down the leftfield line, but strikes out looking for the first out of the inning.
Update: Casey Blake goes the other way for a single and the Dodgers lead 2-0. The bases are still loaded and Matt Kemp is up.
Update: Kemp thought it was ball four, but the pitch caught the inside corner and Kemp is caught looking. Blake DeWitt looks for the big hit to break the game open.
Update: DeWitt triples down the rightfield line and clears the bases. That turns the inning from tolerable to game breaking for the Phillies. They lead 5-0 at the end of one.
Correction: DeWitt's hit was a triple.