Phillies rally over Rockies to win series

DENVER: The Philadelphia Phillies answered a three-run Rockies rally in the eighth inning with three runs in the ninth for a 5-4 win over Colorado on Monday that sent them to the National League Championship Series.

The final-inning burst gave the World Series champions a 3-1 triumph in the best-of-five division series and put them into a league championship rematch with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who they beat last year 4-1.

The best-of-seven NLCS series begins on Thursday in Los Angeles, followed the next day by the start of the American League Championship Series between the Yankees and Los Angeles Angels in New York.