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Ex-51 Victorino having stellar playoffs for Phillies

Published Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008 | 8:41 p.m.

Updated Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008 | 10:15 a.m.

Former Las Vegas 51s outfielder Shane Victorino has come back to haunt the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Entering the weekend, the Philadelphia Phillies’ center fielder had knocked in nine runs, more than anyone else in the playoffs.

Some of that has come at the expense of the Dodgers, who drafted Victorino in the 1999 amateur draft.

He scored a run Thursday in the Phillies’ 3-2 victory over the Dodgers in the first game of the National League Championship Series.

In Game 2 on Friday, Victorino drove in four runs with two hits, including a triple, to power the Phillies to an 8-5 win.

Game 3 of the series is Sunday at 5:22 p.m. (Fox television) at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

Victorino, 27, played in Las Vegas in 2003 and 2004. Philly nabbed him in the 2004 Rule 5 draft.

He played a bit with the Phillies in 2005 and established himself as a regular in 2006.

Known as “The Flyin’ Hawaiian,” the native of Wailuku, Hawaii, is hitting .304 this postseason.

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