NL East champion the Philadelphia Phillies have taken care of business and won the first two games of the National League Championship Series as they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-5 today. Phillies Centerfielder Shane Victorino went 2-5 and drove in 4 runs for the Phillies as the team scored 4 in the 2nd and third. The Dodgers Manny Ramirez tried to bring his club back with a 3 run hr in the third but the Dodgers offense didn't have any more juice the rest of the game and now find themselves down 2-0 in the best of 7 series.

Picking up the win for the Philly was Brett Myers who went 5 innings. Brad Lidge worked a 1-2-3 9th for the Phillies as he picked up his second save in as many days. The loser was Dodgers right handed pitcher Chad Billingsley, who got chased after only 2 1/3 innings and was responsible for all the runners that scored against his team.

The Series now moves to Los Angeles and will resume on Sunday. The NLCS airs on FOX.