Here is an inning-by-inning report on Game 3 of the National League Division Series between the Brewers and Phillies at Miller Park.

NINTH INNING

Closer Salomon Torres is in for the Brewers.

His first batter is Ryan Howard. At least a home run here won't hurt him. Howard hits a single up the middle past diving shorstop, er, third baseman Bill Hall, who was playing where a shorstop might.

A base hit by Greg Dobbs and a flared single by Victorino load the bases. 

For the first time in the game, boos rain down from the stands. The boos are erased quickly as Torres gets Pedro Feliz to bounce into a 5-4-3 double play. 

Second base umpire Jim Joyce rules Victorino out on obstruction. Victorino didn't slide and clipped Counsell on his way past second. Howard, who had scored on the play, is ordered back to third and Dobbs to second. The game ends when Ruiz taps back to the mound. Torres flips to first for the out and the Brewers untuck a 4-1 victory.

EIGHTH INNING

Eric Gagne is in to pitch for the Brewers. 

His first batter? Geoff Jenkins. The former Brewers favorite strikes out. Jimmy Rollins follows with a dribbler up the first base line. Gagne picks the ball up and tags Rollins out. 

Gagne is blowing 94 mph heat at Jayson Werth, who works the count full and slaps a double off the wall in left-center. That brings up Chase Utley. The tension is mounting at Miller Park. Salomon Torres and Manny Parra are getting loose in the bullpen. Gagne starts Utley with an off-speed pitch for a strike. A fastball gets fouled for strike two. 

Utley, who is struggling in this series, flies to center to end the inning. The Brewers are three outs away from their first playoff victory in 26 years. 

The home half of the eighth goes by quickly. Bill Hall strikes out. Ryan Braun lines to secnd, capping an 0 for 4 evening (with a sacrifice fly) and Fielder strikes out. 

Brewers 4, Phillies 1

SEVENTH INNING

The Brewers are playing better defense tonight. Craig Counsell and Bill Hall make nice plays behind Villanuea, who clearly isn't tired.

After the "God Bless America" break, the Brewers send Hardy, Hart and Counsell to the plate against Eyre. 

The Brewers have controlled play all night, but they left the bases loaded in the fifth and sixth innings. The lead should be larger than it is. 

Hardy leads off the inning with a crsip single to center, his third hit of the night. A sacrifice bunt by Hart sends Hardy to second. Counsell follows with a swinging bunt hit up the first base line. 

With Jason Kendall at the plate, it seems like a squeeze bunt is in order. The Phillies smell it. With the infield in, they pitch out on 1-1 and Eyre almost throws the ball to the backstop. On 2-1, Kendall moves his hands up the handle of the bat, but Eyre throws to first. Kendall rifles a single through the left sie, putting the Brewers ahead, 4-1.

Ray Durham was on deck to bat for Villanueva, but he's called back. Brad Nelson steps up instead and is called out on a check-swing appeal. With two out, the Phillies summon hard-throwing Ryan Madson to the mound to face Cameron.

Cameron bounces into a fielder's choice, his first out of the night. 

Brewers 4, Phillies 1

SIXTH INNING

Our first reasonably controversial call of the evening. Jayson Werth leads off the sixth with a line drive to deep right. Corey Hart, who seems to be at the center of everything lately, appears to catch the ball before crashing into the chain link fence in front of the Mercedes-Benz picnic area. Hart bounces off the fence, hits the warning track and does a back somersault. At some point, the ball pops out of his glove. Werth ends up at third with a triple. Utley flies to short. Mitch Stetter replaces Bush, who gets a rousing ovation from the sellout crowd of 43,992. CC Sabathia is the first teammate to greet Bush at the dugout. 

Bush exited with 70 pitches under his belt. That may seem like an early hook, but the Phillies were starting to hit some balls hard. Howard hasn't hit lefties very well this year, either. 

Mitch Stetter gets Howard on a groundout, but Werth scores. Carlos Villanueva coaxes an inning-ending groundout from Burrell. 

The Brewers have seemed to be in control of the game from the first inning, but the lead certainly is not insurmountable. Milwaukee coukd use some more runs. 

Chad Durbin is pitching for Philadelphia. Kendall grounds out, but Villanueva slaps a 2-1 pitch to center for a single. Cameron and Hall, who are doing a great impression of a formidable 1-2 duo, folow with singles to load the bases. 

Braun, who has shown a flair for the dramatic throughout his two seasons, almost strikes out on a foul tip. Then, he strikes out for real. With Fielder due up, the Phillies counter with lefty Scott Eyre. Fielder holds his composure well against lefties, but he flies softly to left to end the threat. 

We'll find out quickly if the baserunning drianed Villanueva.

FIFTH INNING

The Phillies are starting to hit the ball harder off Bush, but the right-hander is steering clear of trouble. Pedro Feliz singles -- the third Phillies leadoff batter to reach in five innings -- but Bush gets Calros Ruiz on a line drive to right, pinch-hitter Matt Stairs on a fly to deep center and Rollins on a first-pitch popup to short. 

Moyer exits after 90 pitches (55 strikes). In four innings, he gave up four hits, two earned runs and three walks. 

Clay Condrey is in for the Phillies and he hits Cameron with a 3-2 pitch. Cameron, who hasn't been an exemplary leadoff man, has reached base in all three trips (two walks, HBP). 

The Phillies are the team that disrupts with speed, but the Brewers returned that favor here. Condrey threw to first three times, then saw Cameron take off on an attempted steal / hit and run as Hall fouled a ball just outside the third-base line. After a ball and another pickoff attempt, Hall hits a fastball up the middle for a base hit. Cameron advances to third and scores on Ryan Braun's sacrifice fly. Hall takes second on the throw back to the infield, but misses a chance to move to third, which was uncovered. 

The Phillies walk Prince Fielder intentionally to set up a double play and face Hardy, who lines to right. Hart draws a walk, loading the bases. Shockingly, Fielder is nearly picked off second. Hall doesn't try to advance on the throw. Counsell takes a called third strike. 

Brewers 3, Phillies 0.

FOURTH INNING

Rickie Weeks has left the game with a sprained left knee. Craig Counsell is playing second.

Chase Utley singles to center on a 1-1 pitch. Bush throws four changeups in a six-pitch battle with Ryan Howard, who bounces to second. Counsell, just in the game, thinks about throwing behind Utley, who took an aggressive turn, but gets the out at first. Pat Burrell lines to right. Shane Victorino slaps what appears to be an RBI single to center, but Hardy snares it on the fly to retire the side. 

The Brewers go down in order for the first time in the game. Counsell, Kendall and Bush all ground out to the left side.

Brewers 2, Phillies 0

THIRD INNING

After retiring the Phillies' battery with minimal effort, Bush gives up a two-out, ground rule double to Rollins. He makes up for that by striking out Jayson Werth on a curveball for the second time in three innings. Werth, who has seen nothing but fastballs and curves from Bush so far, did foul a ball into the stands in front of the press box.  Former Brewers all-star and current Class AA manager Don Money was near the ball, but didn't make a play. 

When Braun flies to right and Prince Fielder strikes out, Moyer seems to be on the verge of an easy inning. Hardy singles to right on a 1-2 pitch. Corey Hart, who has been brutal at the plate, pokes a single to right. Hardy goes to third, but Hart rounds the bag with too much gusto and Werth throws him out. 

Brewers 2, Phillies 0

SECOND INNING

Phillies slugger Ryan Howard, who was relatively quiet the first two games in Philadelphia, opens the inning by slapping Bush's first pitch into left-center for a double. Braun was slow to cut the ball off in the gap, but Howard would have been safe, anyway.

Pat Burrell grounds to Bill Hall at third. Shane Victorino, who is booed after hitting a grand slam in Game 2, flies out to center and Pedro Feliz flies to right.

The Brewers again run up Moyer's pitch count in the second. After Rickie Weeks almost beat out a grounder to third, Jason Kendall poked a single through the right side of the infield.

Mike Cameron, who left the game on Friday to attend the early birth of his daughter, drew his second walk of the game. Hall tried to follow suit, but Brian Runge called two strikes on him, including a 3-2 pitch that seemed questionable.

Brewers 2, Phillies 0

FIRST INNING

Brewers starter Dave Bush had an outstanding first frame Bush struck out Jimmy Rollins and Jayson Werth, then fielded Chase Utley's comebacker for the third out.

Bush has excellent movement on his pitches and seems to be feeding off the crowd.

The Brewers get off to a spectacular start against Jamie Moyer. One of the keys to any Moyer start is the strike zone. If umpires call strikes on pitches two or three inches off the plate, Moyer will exploit that to his best advantage.

Brian Runge, the plate ump in this game, isn't doing that early. Mike Cameron works a four-pitch walk and Bill Hall follows with what may have been his best at-bat in two years. Hall fouls off a handful of pitches before drawing a walk. Ryan Braun works the count well and overcomes some Moyer stall tactics (bluffing to bases) before he pops out, but Prince Fielder delivers a sacrifice fly to score Cameron and move Hall to third. This is the kind of situation the Brewers have squandered repeatedly in recent weeks, but J.J. Hardy slaps a two-out single past Rollins and into left field.

The lead is 2-0 and the crowd is roaring so loud that people don't seem to mind as much when Corey Hart waves at strike three.

Brewers 2, Phillies 0

Pre-game

Brewers owner Mark Attanasio met with reporters before the game and answered as many questions about the Wall St. bailout as he did about baseball.

Attanasio's father, Joseph, sang the National Anthem.

Longtime Brewers radio announcer Bob Uecker threw out the first pitch to backup catcher Mike Rivera, who hasn't started a game behind the plate since Aug. 20.

The rally towels are a big hit with fans.

Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig is at the game. Selig met with reporters in the press box and talked about the wonders of the wild-card and revenue sharing and the bloody political battle that preceded construction of Miller Park.