Phils Crush Dodgers For Second World Series Berth In Two Years: Phillies 10, Dodgers 4

Vicente Padilla couldn't get it done twice in the same series; no shame in that, but after handing out consecutive two-out free passes to Chase Utley and Ryan Howard, Jayson Werth's three-run jack sealed the Dodgers' fate. The closest they got to a look at the game was when James Loney belted the Dodgers' second solo shot of the game (the first was Andre Ethier's in the first) in the top of the second, making it 3-2 Dodgers; but that was it, as the Phils reclaimed a two-run lead with Pedro Feliz' solo homer. Thereafter, nothing worked. Raul Ibanez hammered an RBI double in the fourth to make it 5-2, and the lead just kept growing from there. Dodger pitching, a strength in the regular season, simply couldn't execute, and indeed self-immolated: runs scored on a bases-loaded hit batter (Shane Victorino by George Sherrill, in the fourth, with two out, no less) and a wild pitch (Jimmy Rollins from third with Ronald Belisario facing Chase Utley in the eight, ...