Brewers are down

0-1 after Game One of their NLDS series with the Phillies

Game story

Shut down for eight innings by changeup specialist Cole Hamels, the Brewers' late threat against closer Brad Lidge fell short as they lost to the Phillies, 3-1, at Citizens Bank Park in their first playoff game in 26 years.

"It was a good effort, but we just didn't get it completely done," said first baseman Prince Fielder, whose ninth-inning strikeout in an eight-pitch duel was the key out for Lidge.

"We had a good chance. We put ourselves in a good situation (at the end) but, unfortunately, it didn't go our way."

Box score

Game Two is tonight at 5:07pm CDT. C.C. Sabathia faces Brett Meyers.

Tenuous Timber Rattler tie-in: The Phillies have not had a Midwest League affiliate since 1956. That was the final year of a four-year run as the parent club of the Mattoon (IL) Phillies. Mattoon would move to Keokuk, Iowa; Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin; and eventually Fort Wayne, Indiana.