"A three-run deficit is neither insurmountable nor improbable. But the Dodgers made it look impossible against the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night.

Roy Halladay pitched 6 1/3 innings and gave up just one run in the Phillies' 5-3 victory in front of an announced crowd of 35,380 at Dodger Stadium.

The Phillies improved to 35 games above .500 while the Dodgers fell 10 games under and sit near the bottom of the National League West standings.

Just three years ago, the Dodgers were playing in the NLCS against the eventual World Series champions.

Shane Victorino virtually sealed the deal when he connected on a 1-2 pitch in the ninth for his 12th home run of the season to give the Phillies a two-run cushion amid boisterous cheers from Phillies fans.

Halladay, the two-time Cy Young Award winner who left in the seventh with a 4-1 lead and gave up nine hits and one earned run, benefited from a Dodgers baserunning blunder in the eighth. "