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Looking Good
The Phillies were the comeback kids last evening, overcoming a late 5-3 deficit in stunning fashion. In the eighth, Shane Victorino, the villain in LA, roped a first-pitch breaking ball over the right-field fence with Howard aboard and one away to tie the game. Spark plug Shane now has three doubles, one triple, two home runs and 11 RBIs in this postseason. It helped break the tension in the dugout as the Phils were staring at a 2-2 series with the Dodgers having all the momentum....

Philadelphia put another base runner on now with two down, late season acquisition Matt Stairs stepped in. Stairs worked the count full and blasted a majestic two-run, pinch-hit, game winning home run to right field in. It gave the Phils a 7-5 lead and six nerve racking outs later (Romero and Lidge supplied the relief) that would be the final. The Phillies lead the best-of-seven series, three games to one, and need just one more victory to play in their first World Series since 1993.

"You've been here for a month and you want to get that one big hit where you really feel like you're part of the team," Stairs said.

Sox fall behind
B.J. Upton (three-run shot) and Evan Longoria homered off Jon Lester, Rocco Baldelli and Carlos Pena later went deep to add insult to injury and give the Rays a 9-1 victory over the the Sox and a 2-1 lead in the ALCS. Lester had been 11-1 at Fenway this season. The four homers in a game tied the ALCS home run record also achieved by Boston against Tampa on Saturday. Experienced vet Tim Wakefield will face Andy Sonnanstine tonight as Boston tries to even the series.