Phillies come back to defeat Dodgers, 7-5

This time the Philadelphia Phillies struck first and then, when the Dodgers took the lead, came back with a pair of two-run homers in the eighth to win 5-7 Monday night in Los Angeles.

The Phillies lead the National League Championship Series, three games to one. The makes the next game, on Wednesday in LA, a must-win for the Dodgers to stay alive in the playoffs.Earlier in the day, the Tampa Bay Rays trounced the Boston Red Sox, 9-1. The Rays lead the American League series, 2-1.

– posted at 5:56 p.m. by Cathy Maestri; most recent update at 11:31 p.m.

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