Major League Baseball

Phillies power past Dodgers to win Game 1

Published Oct. 16, 2009 7:27 a.m. ET

share

facebookxredditlink

foxsports

Brad Lidge and the Philadelphia Phillies picked up where they left off a year ago against the Dodgers in the NL championship series.

Carlos Ruiz and Raul Ibanez hit three-run homers, reliever Ryan Madson got a key out and Lidge finished the Phillies' 8-6 victory over Los Angeles in Game 1 Thursday night.

Manny Ramirez homered, but grounded out weakly with two runners on against a struggling Madson to end the Dodgers' two-run rally in the eighth. They stranded 10 runners in the game.

share

Get more from Major League Baseball Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more

in this topic

Major League Baseball