Phillies face familiar NL foe in Dodgers

LOS ANGELES: The Philadelphia Phillies hope to get back to the World Series for the second straight year but first they must get past a familiar National League foe in the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Phillies, who are trying to become the first NL team in 33 years to repeat as World Series champs, beat the Dodgers in five games in last year's NL championship series.

"It's going to be kind of the same," said Phillies slugger Ryan Howard. "I think those guys definitely didn't forget about last year. We're definitely going to have to be on our 'A' game to beat them."