Phillies 7 Dodgers 5

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Matt Stairs and Shane Victorino hit two-run home runs in the eight inning to lead Philadelphia to a 7-5 win over the Dodgers in the National League Championship Series. The power display gave the Phillies a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series and put them a win away from their first World Series since 1993.

Victorino tied the game with his homer off of Dodgers reliever Cory Wade and 40-year old Stairs provided the game winner off of Jonathan Broxton.

Casey Blake homered in the sixth inning to break a 3-all tie and Juan Pierre scored on an error later in the inning to build a two-run lead, but the Dodgers bullpen couldn't hold it.

Rays 9 Red Sox 1

BOSTON (AP) - B.J. Upton and Rocco Baldelli hit three-run homers to highlight a Tampa Bay power display in a 9-1 win over Boston in game three of the ALCS. The Rays lead the series two-games-to-one.

Evan Longoria and Carlos Pena added solo homers for Tampa Bay, which has now hit seven home runs in the last two games.

Matt Garza benefitted from the power display. He was staked to a five-run lead after three innings. He did his part by limiting the Red Sox to a run on six hits in six-plus innings. Garza struck out five.

Tampa Bay struck for four runs in the third off Boston starter Jon Lester. Upton and Longoria hit their home runs to account for all the runs in the inning. Baldelli homered in the eighth and Pena went deep in the ninth inning.

Game 4 is schedule tomorrow in Boston.

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