A LOOK AT THE SEASON SERIES

WP: Derek Lowe; LP: Kyle Kendrick; S: Jonathan Broxton

Top hitters: Phillies - Chase Utley (3 hits, 2 RBI, 2 doubles), Jimmy Rollins (single, triple); Dodgers - James Loney (3 hits, 3 RBI), Casey Blake (2-run HR), Jeff Kent (3 hits, RBI), Manny Ramirez (2 hits, 2 RBI)

What happened: Blake and Ramirez knocked in two runs apiece in a six-run third to knock out Kendrick. The Phillies managed to get the tying runs aboard in the ninth, but Ryan Howard grounded out.

Dodgers 4, Phillies 3

WP: Hong Chih-Que; LP: J.C. Romero

Top hitters: Phillies - Chase Utley (HR); Dodgers - Matt Kemp (3 hits, 2 runs); Casey Blake (2 RBI)

What happened: Trailing 3-2 in the eighth, the Dodgers tied the game off Chad Durbin and then won it in the ninth on an RBI single by Andre Ethier.

Dodgers 7, Phillies 6

WP: Jonathan Broxton; LP: Clay Condrey

Top hitters: Phillies - Ryan Howard (2-run HR), Greg Dobbs (2-run HR), Jayson Werth (2-run HR); Dodgers - Jeff Kent (4 hits, 2 RBI), Manny Ramirez (2-run HR), Russell (3 hits)

What happened: This one really hurt. The Phillies hit three homers off Brad Penny in the first two innings to take a 6-1 lead, but the Dodgers eventually caught up with two in the eighth off Chad Durbin. Nomar Garciaparra homered off Condrey in the ninth.

Dodgers 3, Phillies 1

WP: Hiroki Kuroda; LP: Brett Myers; S: Hong-Chih Kuo

Top hitters: Dodgers - Matt Kemp (HR)

What happened: The Phils were silenced, held to two hits. Kemp's homer in the sixth was the game-winner. It was the Dodgers' first sweep of a four-game series vs. the Phillies since 1962.

AT PHILADELPHIA (Aug. 22-25)

Phillies 8, Dodgers 1

WP: Kyle Kendrick; LP: Greg Maddux

Top hitters: Dodgers - James Loney (3 hits); Phillies - Chris Coste (HR, 4 RBI), Ryan Howard (2-run HR)

What happened: Trailing 1-0, Howard's homer gave the Phils the lead in the fourth, and Coste broke it open with his three-run blast off Maddux in the sixth.

WP: Cole Hamels; LP: Clay Kershaw

Top hitters: Dodgers - Russell Martin (2-run HR); Phillies - Pat Burrell (3 hits, 5 RBI), Ryan Howard (2 RBI)

What happened: Burrell homered with two aboard in the first, doubled in a run in the fifth and singled home a run in the sixth.

Phillies 5, Dodgers 2

WP: Chad Durbin; LP: Joe Beimel

Top hitters: Dodgers - Jeff Kent (3 hits), James Loney (2 hits); Phillies - Pedro Feliz (2 hits, 4 RBI)

What happened: Feliz tied the game in the ninth with two-out RBI single, then hit a walk-off homer off Broxton in the 11th.

Phillies 5, Dodgers 0

WP: Brett Myers; LP: Chad Billingsley

Top hitters: Dodgers - Matt Kenp and Russell Martin (3 hits apiece); Phillies - Jimmy Rollins (3 hits, 2 RBI), Jayson Werth (RBI, 2 runs)

What happened: Somehow, the Dodgers managed to collect 13 hits and not score. Meanwhile, Rollins' 2-run single in the second put them ahead for good.