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POSTED: 10:42 pm EDT October 10, 2008

(Sports Network) - Shane Victorino and the hot-hitting Brett Myers combined to drive in seven runs, as the Philadelphia Phillies downed the Los Angeles Dodgers, 8-5, in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series. Myers (2-0) gave up five runs on six hits with four walks and six strikeouts over five innings to get the win for the Phillies, who lead the best-of-seven series two games to none. The right-hander came up huge at the plate, collecting three hits and three runs batted in. Myers had only four hits and one RBI during the regular season. Brad Lidge worked out of trouble in the ninth to earn his second save of the series and fourth of the postseason. Greg Dobbs went 2-for-3 and scored twice for the Phillies, who scored four times in both the second and third innings. Philadelphia's Charlie Manuel managed with a heavy heart, learning that his mother, June, had passed away Friday morning. She was 87. After the game, Victorino also found out that his grandmother had passed away. Manny Ramirez clubbed a three-run homer for the Dodgers, who left 11 men on base, including a pair of runners in the ninth. Chad Billingsley (1-1) took the loss after he was rocked for eight runs -- seven earned -- on eight hits with three walks and five strikeouts in 2 1/3 innings. James McDonald allowed two hits and fanned five over 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief. The series shifts to Dodger Stadium for Game 3 on Sunday. Philadelphia will send 45-year-old Jamie Moyer to the mound and Los Angeles will counter with Hiroki Kuroda.



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