They went down fighting, but they went down.

The Phillies' season is over after the offense ran out of runs — losing 2-1 in Game 4 of the NLDS in Los Angeles a night after providing some hope in an 8-run route to stay alive the night prior. The pitching as dazzling, but the hitting wasn't, as the Dodgers outlasted Philly in 11 innings.

The ending was brutal, as an error on a pretty routine ground ball lifted the Dodgers to victory. We'll spare you of having to watch it again but if you didn't see it, trust us, it was bad.

Over the next weeks and months the chatter will be intense. Why can't this team win in the postseason — it won 96 games? What's wrong with the bats? Is Rob Thomson built to manage in the postseason?

The Dodgers outplayed the Phillies even though they were perhaps a le

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