LOS ANGELES — Just one win from the World Series, the Phillies took their swings Tuesday during batting practice.

The Dodgers? They took the day off.

"I just thought getting away from it would probably benefit them more than anything else," manager Joe Torre said after canceling Los Angeles' workout.

Coming off a late-inning loss, the Dodgers are down 3-1 in the best-of-seven NL championship series heading into tonight's Game 5 at Dodger Stadium. The day off gave Torre a few extra moments to come up with something to say with his team needing a considerable comeback.

"I'll just remind them of everything that they've accomplished to this point and to just continue to fight," he said. "You don't get to this time of year without the ability to win three, four, five games in a row."

The Dodgers are in a hole after pinch-hitter Matt Stairs' two-out, two-run homer off Jonathan Broxton capped a four-run eighth and sent the Phillies to a 7-5 victory Monday night.

"I think the fans were just as disappointed and shocked as we were," Casey Blake said after the Dodgers blew a two-run lead. "We have nothing to lose now. We need to grasp on to every positive thought we can at this time."

That's why Torre canceled the team's scheduled workout, believing another round of BP was useless.

"I sense we'll be back here with the right attitude," he said. "These guys have been playing hard. There's a little inexperience sprinkled in, but we know that. But they're certainly not afraid."

Phillies manager Charlie Manuel took the opposite approach, with his team swinging freely on a warm, sunny day that offered only a hint of a breeze rustling the palm trees in left field.

"We don't want to disrupt the flow of things," Greg Dobbs said before batting practice. "There's a nice sense of realism in here. You don't want to give any team hope. You want to pounce early, score runs and put pressure on defensively."

History is on Philadelphia's side. Nine of the previous 11 teams to go up 3-1 went on to win the NLCS.

"We're anticipating something good to happen," Jimmy Rollins said. "No one is overly excited. When we get there, we'll be excited."