PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks rallied all season to get into the playoffs. They need a big one now that they're there.

Trailing 2-0 in the NLDS, the Diamondbacks are hoping to pull off another big comeback to get back into the series against the Milwaukee Brewers in what should be a raucous atmosphere at Chase Field on Tuesday night.

The Brewers won the first two games at home by combining small ball with the brawn of Prince Fielder and Ryan Braun. The Diamondbacks need to find some way to slow them down or it will be a real short return to the playoffs.

Rookie right-hander Josh Collmenter starts for Arizona in Game 3 against Milwaukee right-hander Shaun Marcum.

"I think it's good that we came from behind all year," Arizona third baseman Ryan Roberts said. "There's no panic mode here."

Phillies lean on Hamels

ST. LOUIS — Favorites to win it all, the Philadelphia Phillies are banking on Cole Hamels' big-game background.

The 27-year-old lefty was the 2008 World Series MVP and has six career postseason victories heading into a Game 3 matchup Tuesday against the Cardinals and Jaime Garcia. With the best-of-five series tied at one apiece, this is not a stage likely to rattle Hamels.

"He's got that instinct when he gets on the mound, that put-'em-away instinct," teammate Hunter Pence said. "The big-moment pitcher."

The youngest member of an all-world rotation seemed pretty calm heading into a pivotal start. Besides the postseason experience, half of his 14 victories came on the road this year.

Notes

• Louisiana authorities dropped a bid to extradite former Detroit Tigers star Denny McLain, baseball's last 30-game winner, for trial in a dispute over a scrap-metal sale.

• The Los Angeles Dodgers asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge for permission to gather evidence on how Major League Baseball has dealt with other teams. The Dodgers say commissioner Bud Selig has acted in bad faith.