by Tracy Ringolsby, FOXSports.com

So far, the message is being loud and clear.

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The Phillies work out at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, while the Dodgers remain out of public view, looking for a miracle. The Phillies have a 3-1 edge in the best-of-seven series and could wrap things up on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium. If not, the Phillies will return to the comforts of home with two chances to win the series at Citizens Bank Park on Friday and Saturday.

Oh, Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez provides hold-your-breath moments every time he comes to the plate, but this isn't about a one-man show.

Ask Alex Rodriguez, the highest-paid player in the history of the game who has appeared in 2,521 regular-season games, but never swung a bat in the World Series.

Now, Manny does have his World Series resume, and even picked up two world championship rings with the Red Sox before his boorish behavior led to him being run out of New England in July.

While it is hard to say that Manny is earning his money from the Dodgers — because the Dodgers' aren't paying him. The Red Sox happily sent $7 million to Los Angeles along with Ramirez to make sure he wasn't returned to sender. But he has certainly done his part to try and push the Dodgers into a World Series for the first time in two decades.

He has hit .500 in the first four games. He has six of the Dodgers 18 RBI. He's also has been walked six times, twice intentionally.

But here's the kicker.

The Dodgers have lost three of those games.

And the Phillies have had this success without much help from 2006 NL MVP Ryan Howard and 2007 NL MVP Jimmy Rollins.

"There's no question that the talent of our offense gives you a good feeling out there," Phillies closer Brad Lidge said. "More than that, though, it's the toughness we have that gets your attention.

"Collectively, the guys in here truly believe that they can change a game at any moment. That keeps you relaxed because you know, at any time, anybody can get you back in the game."

Howard has hit .188, 3-for-16. He has driven in as many runs for the Phillies (one) as he has allowed to score for the Dodgers because of his nightmarish defense. Rollins has hit .118, 2-for-17, and has seven strikeouts in his role as the leadoff man.

So what gives?

Well, there is Matt Stairs, who came off the bench in the eighth inning of Game 4 on Monday and stunned the Dodgers, turning a Jonathan Broxton fastball into a mammoth two-run, game-winning home run in a 7-5 Phillies victory.

And there is Shane Victorino, the center fielder who the Dodgers thought so highly of they lost him to San Diego in the December 2002 winter draft, had the Padres give him back and then lost him to the Phillies in the winter draft in 2004. He's only hitting .188, but has matched Ramirez's six RBI and matched the Dodgers in Game 4 with his two-run, game-tying home run in the eighth off Cory Wade.

And in Game 1 there were the offensive heroics of slumping Chase Utley, who hits ahead of Howard, and Pat Burrell, who hits behind Howard. Dodger right-hander Derek Lowe had allowed only two home runs in a stretch of 257 batters before he gave up a game-tying, two-run home run to Utley, and two batters late a game-winning home run to Burrell in a 3-2 Phillies victory.

And in Game 2, there was a mystery guest -- right-handed pitcher Brett Myers. Myers only pitched five innings and allowed five runs, including a three-run home run to Ramirez, but came away with the win partly because of his offensive contributions to four-run Phillies rallies in the second and third.

Myers is a career .116 hitter in the regular season with 110 strikeouts and 38 hits in 218 at-bats. This year, he was 4-for-58 with 19 strikeouts. Then he had a single and a walk and scored a run in three plate appearances in Game 2 of the NLDS vs. the Brewers.

Then he went 3-for-3 in his NLCS debut with three RBI and two runs scored.

Myers singled home one run and scored another in the four-run second inning that saw Dodgers starter Chad Billingsley strike out Pat Burrell and Jayson Werth to open the inning, and Ryan Howard to end it. In between, he allowed six consecutive batters reach base, including Victorino, who singled in two runs.

"That's a weird inning,'' said Dodgers manager Joe Torre. "He goes through Burrell and Werth, strikeout, strikeout, and the wheels came off. Very unexpected and certainly something we weren't prepared for. That's tough to defend.''

Shouldn't be that big of a surprise. It's the Phillies way. They have so many explosive bats in their lineup that they wear the opposition out, and just when the pitcher things he can catch his breath, the Phillies jump on him.

And in all three wins the common denominator has been Lidge, who went a perfect 41-for-41 in regular-season save opportunities. In the playoffs, he shut the door in both chances he was given against the Cubs and has finished off all three NLCS victories, including his first four-out save of the season last night.

"I'd have to compare our lineup to Boston or the Yankees, where there is power all the way through the eight hole," said left-hander Cole Hamels, who won Game 1 and can close out the series in Game 5 on Wednesday.

"If I had to face them, I might have an advantage because I watch them hit all the time, but for an opposing pitcher who doesn't see them every day . . . good luck."