Walk Hard: Dodgers 4, Phillies 3

"LET'S RUN SOM BASES - FOLLOW ME, MAIK!" screamed Maikel Franco's floating batting helmet companion. - Eric Hartline-USA TODAY SportsFlirting with disaster the past two nights, Phillies pitchers finally brought it home.

This is the post-Hamels Phillies rotation. Jerome Williams, Aaron Harang, and David Buchanan are the best possible arms the Phillies feel they could throw at the first place Dodgers over a three game series.

Williams actually fended off the hot L.A. lineup well yesterday, for a guy who allowed base runners at a near constant rate. It wasn't a good performance, but it was enough that a Maikel Franco grand slam could keep the Phillies a head.

So, as long as the Phillies could get…