National League Championship Series 2009 Philadelphia Phillies season

carlos ruiz hit three-run home run in game 1 of league championship series.



the phillies celebrate on field after game 5 of nlcs.

the los angeles dodgers national league s no. 1 seed virtue of best record entering playoffs; thus, phillies traveled chavez ravine opener of playoffs second round, fifth postseason meeting between 2 clubs. james loney opened scoring dodgers solo home run in bottom of second inning, phillies answered five-run fifth inning, chasing starter clayton kershaw. manny ramírez two-run home run in bottom of inning made score 5–4, raúl ibañez followed three-run home run in top of eighth. lidge, appearing in third consecutive postseason game, notched third consecutive save. martínez started second game phillies, throwing 7 scoreless innings on 87 pitches. after departure, phillies used 5 bullpen pitchers 3 outs in eighth inning; pitchers allowed 3 hits , 2 walks, allowing 2 runs score. jonathan broxton saved second game dodgers, los angeles won, 2–1.

the series moved philadelphia third game, , phillies capitalized on home crowd immediately, scoring 4 runs in first inning of game. lee continued superb postseason performance eight-inning shutout performance, allowing 3 singles , stolen base. lee , batterymate ruiz had higher offensive production in game 3 (three hits in 6 at-bats, 3 runs scored, 1 run batted in) entire dodger lineup (three hits in twenty-seven @ bats, no runs scored). phillies won game, 11–0. in game 4, howard continued slug, hitting two-run home run off of former-phillie randy wolf in first inning; run batted in, tied lou gehrig s major league record of 8 consecutive postseason games rbi. dodgers came score 2 runs on defensive miscue in fourth inning, adding 1 run in fifth on matt kemp home run , 1 in sixth on casey blake single. phillies got 1 in bottom of sixth on victorino triple , single utley, held scoreless until bottom of ninth. los angeles closer broxton entered game in bottom of eighth—after george sherrill allowed 2 runners reach base—and coaxed werth fly out. broxton returned mound in bottom of ninth, inducing ground ball ibáñez before walking matt stairs , hitting ruiz. greg dobbs pinch-hit pitcher s spot, lining out third base. 2 outs , 2 runners aboard, jimmy rollins hit 99-mile-per-hour (159 km/h) fastball right-center field gap, scoring eric bruntlett (who had pinch-run) , ruiz. in fifth game, phillies hit 4 home runs, including 2 jayson werth, hamels allowed 3 runs in second start of series. phillies bullpen pitched  4 ⁄3 innings in game, allowing 1 run philadelphia defeated los angeles, 10–4. win clinched phillies first consecutive national league pennants in franchise history, , first back-to-back world series appearances national league franchise since atlanta braves in 1995 , 1996. howard named mvp of national league championship series.

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game 5