ya gotta score some runs

That was Lou Piniella's epitaph for his Cubs, swept last night out of the NLDS by the Dodgers. It may well be the epitaph for the Phillies, whose bats stayed largely ineffective in a 4-1 loss to the Brewers in Milwaukee. Once again the vaunted strength of the team looks to be a weakness. The Brewers now have life and the Phillies are starting to run out of time. The Phils won on Wednesday and Thursday because of pitching and defense but at some point the offense has got to show up. Will it happen in this short series? Baseball is, after all, a cruel sport.