Philly World Series Bound

The Philadelphia Phillies are the first to punch their tickets to the world series as they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers Wednesday night 5-1 to take the series four games to one. The win marks the first time since 1993 that the Phillies have advanced to the World Series; they have not won it since 1980.

Led by another dominating performance on the mound from Cole Hamels, the Phillies had the win locked up early. Hamels pitched seven strong innings giving up just a Manny Ramirez homer in the sixth while striking out five. Jimmy Rollins also homered in a winning effort for the Phillies.

Following the game Hamels was named NLCS MVP. He finished the series 2-0 with a 1.93 ERA while striking out 13 batters in 14 innings of work.

Philadelphia awaits the winner of the Tampa Bay-Boston series, a series led by the Rays 3-1 going into tonight's game.