Myers helps Phillies take 2-0 lead over Dodgers

Lidge finished for his fourth postseason save and his 45th in 45 chances this season.

Dodgers starter Chad Billingsley allowed eight runs - seven earned - and eight hits in 2 1-3 innings. The 24-year-old right-hander pitched 6 2-3 strong innings in a win over the Cubs in Game 2 of the division series.

Myers had a go-ahead RBI single with two outs in a four-run second inning. His two-run single chased Billingsley in the third. Myers was 4-for-58 in the regular season and is a lifetime .116 hitter.

Billingsley struck out four of the first six batters he faced, but quickly ran into trouble after fanning Pat Burrell and Jayson Werth in the second.

Greg Dobbs hit a soft single up the middle and scored when Carlos Ruiz hit a double to left-center. Myers lined the next pitch to right-center to drive in Ruiz and give the Phillies a 2-1 lead.

Jimmy Rollins bounced a single up the middle and Myers chugged toward third. Kemp misplayed the ball in center field or he could've thrown Myers out to end the inning. Rollins hustled into second on the play.

Victorino followed with a two-run single to left-center to make it 4-1. The Flyin' Hawaiian slapped his hands after rounding first and the fans went wild.

Victorino made a leaping catch on Casey Blake's deep drive at the center-field fence with two on to end the seventh.

Loney's two-out RBI single to center cut it to 4-2 in the third. The Dodgers loaded the bases when Kemp reached on third baseman Dobbs' fielding error, but Myers escaped the jam by striking out Blake DeWitt on a slow curve.

Pumped up by his pitching, Myers came through at the plate again. The Phillies loaded the bases with no outs. After Ruiz's grounder forced Burrell at home, Myers slapped a liner past first baseman Loney down the right-field line to give the Phillies a 6-2 lead.

Myers stood at first base and shrugged his shoulders while Dodgers manager Joe Torre walked to the mound.

Chan Ho Park came in and struck out Rollins, but Victorino tripled to right-center to make it 8-2. Los Angeles used two more pitchers to get out of the inning.

Before he rattled Billingsley, Myers unnerved some of the Dodgers' hitters. He threw some high-and-tight fastballs in the first inning and the one really wild pitch that sailed behind Ramirez.

Myers knocked down Russell Martin with a fastball right before he struck out on a slow curve. That brought up Ramirez with two outs and nobody on.

Myers' first pitch was in and the next one, a 94 mph fastball, was several feet behind the Ramirez. Never shy to tell a pitcher he doesn't appreciate getting brushed back, Ramirez didn't say a word and ended up striking out on a 3-2 slider.

As he walked to the dugout, Myers had some words with someone on the Dodgers bench. He seemed to twitch his fingers, trying to explain the ball slipped out of his hand on the pitch to Ramirez.

Notes: Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax sat one row in front of Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda behind the Dodgers dugout. Lasorda got a nice ovation when he walked up the steps during the fourth inning. ... Ramirez struck out and popped out his first two at-bats and was 3-for-21 off Myers before he connected. ... Rollins was 1-for-5 with four Ks.