PHILADELPHIA—Pat Burrell, Chase Utley and the Philadelphia Phillies had the power to offset Manny Ramirez in the NL championship series opener.

Utley and Burrell homered off tiring Derek Lowe in the sixth inning to back a strong performance by Cole Hamels, and the Phillies were a winner in their return to the NLCS, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 Thursday.

“It feels great but you can’t get too caught up in this,” Burrell said. “We’ve got a lot of work to do.”

Ramirez put the Dodgers ahead with a long RBI double in the first, just missing a two-run homer....

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