2009 Phillies Postseason Game Log

Follow along with every game of the Phillies' 2009 Playoffs.

NLDS	Opponent	Result	Score	Starting Pitcher	Winner	Loser	Save	Notes
Game 1	COL	Won	5-1	Cliff Lee	Cliff Lee			Cliff Lee pitches complete game.
Game 2	COL	Lost	4-5	Cole Hamels		Cole Hamels		Hamels struggled, Phils used Blanton and Happ in relief, and Happ hit on knee.
Game 3	Col	Won	6-5	JA Happ	Chad Durbin		Brad Lidge	After postponed game due to snow, Phils play in 30 degrees and finally win at around 2:30 on a sac fly by Howard and save by Lidge.
Game 4	Col	Won	5-4	Cliff Lee	Ryan Madson		Brad Lidge	Crazy game. Up by one, Madson gives up three runs in the eighth. With two outs and one on in ninth, Utley walks and Howard ties the game with huge two-run double. Jayson Werth followed with RBI single to right to give Phils lead. Phillies score three in the ninth and Eyre and Lidge combine for save.

NLCS	Opponent	Result	Score	Starting Pitcher	Winner	Loser	Save	Notes
Game 1	Dodgers	Won	8-6	Cole Hamels	Cole Hamels		Brad Lidge	Down 1-0 to Kershaw, Phils score five with homers by Ruiz and Howard. Ibanez also hit three run homer and Lidge held on for save.
Game 2	Dodgers	Lost	1-2	Pedro Martinez		Chan Ho Park		Pedro Martinez gave Phils 1-0 lead through seven, but key error on double play by Utley and bases loaded walk by Happ in eighth gave Dodgers win.
Game 3	Dodgers	Won	11-0	Cliff Lee	Cliff Lee			Phils score 4 in the first in 11-0 route and Lee pitches 8 scoreless innings.
Game 4	Dodgers	Won	5-4	Joe Blanton	Brad Lidge			Phils win amazing game with two runs in ninth when Broxton walked Stairs, hit Ruiz, and with two outs Rollins hit game winning double.
Game 5	Dodgers	Won	10-4	Cole Hamels	Chad Durbin			Werth hits three-run homer in the first and cruise to a 10-4 win and win NLDS.

World Series	Opponent	Result	Score	Starting Pitcher	Winner	Loser	Save	Notes
Game 1	Yankees	Won	6-1	Cliff Lee	Cliff Lee			Cliff Lee pitches complete game, one run, victory. He made nonchalant play on pop-up and great behind the back play. Utley hit two solo homers off Sabathia.
Game 2	Yankees	Lost	1-3	Pedro Martinez	Pedro Martinez			AJ Burnett was dominant. Pedro pitched well and Mariano Rivera pitched two scoreless innings.
Game 3	Yankees	Lost	5-8	Cole Hamels		Cole Hamels		Pettitte was not good and Phils scored three runs in second including a Werth three-run homer. But Hamels stunk giving up a two-run homer to A-Rod that hit a camera and a hit to Pettitte. Bullpen gave up three runs and a late solo homer by Ruiz was not enough.
Game 4	Yankees	Lost	4-7	Joe Blanton		Brad Lidge		Awful loss. Blanton gave up two in the first and two in the fifth to put Phils down 4-2. They tied with a solo homer by Utley in seventh and huge two out homer by Feliz in eighth. Lidge retired first two in ninth, but Damon singled, stole second, and went to third with nobody covering. A-Rod hit RBI double and Posada hit two run double. Rivera pitched a 1-2-3 ninth.
Game 5	Yankees	Won	8-6	Cliff Lee	Cliff Lee		Ryan Madson	Utley hit three-run homer off Burnett in first. Utley and Ibanez hit solo homers in the seventh. Lee had trouble in eighth and it got close at the end but Madson struck out Teixeira to end game.
Game 6	Yankees	Lost	3-7	Pedro Martinez		Pedro Martinez		Pedro was not good. He gave up a two-run homer and two-run double to Matsui, who had two more RBI for 6 total. Pettite wasn't sharp but the Phils couldn't hurt him. Ruiz tripled and scored in second and Howard hit two run homer in the seventh, but they couldn't hit Rivera and lost the series.