Suddenly with one 94 MPH fastball buzzed by a batter - we had something to cling on to in this disappointing NLCS.

The Dodgers got back into the series with a five-run first which they made hold up but the fire was well and truly lit by that high pitch and now people will be excited by Game 4 tonight as Joe Blanton (Phillies) squares off against Derek Lowe (Dodgers) as the LA based team look to tie it up at two.

Chase Utley and Pat Burrell lifted two balls just about far enough that they rested in the bleachers to put the Phillies on top of the NCLS on Thursday night.

Dodgers pitcher Derek Lowe had been superb through five innings until an error in the sixth led to him losing a bit of his composure and serving up the two long balls.

If the Dodgers had taken game one then you feared for the Phillies but now it is very much game on as they say.