PHILADELPHIA — One more like this and you can call him the Cryin' Hawaiian.

Shane Victorino left the clubhouse without saying a word after the World Champion Phillies' 7-4 loss to the Yankees last night left them one game from being dethroned.

Talk about taking a nice Hawaiian punch? The force from Alex Rodriguez's two-out, tie-breaking RBI double in the top of the ninth, followed by Jorge Posada's two-run single had to feel like taking one from BJ Penn.

There was simply no way neither Victorino nor the Phillies could get off the mat.

Afterwards, the rest of his teammates talked bravely about taking them one at a time, saying they might be down but they still weren't out. But Victorino & Co. have to know history is not at all on their side.

It's been since the 1985 Kansas City Royals rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals that a team has overcome a 3-1 deficit to win the World Series. And only four times before that.

Of course, the Phils can't worry about any of that now. If they don't prolong the Series behind ace Cliff Lee tonight, bringing it back to the Bronx for Game 6, with a chance to force a winner-take-all seventh game, it won't matter.

Getting a little more production from Victorino than they have from this point wouldn't hurt. Facing mammoth left-hander CC Sabathia, Victorino got the bottom of the first started with a one-out bloop double to left that a diving Johnny Damon failed to reach. Moments later he crossed the plate with the Phils' first run on Chase Utley's double off the wall, cutting the Yankees' lead to 2-1.

The score hadn't changed when Victorino grounded to first baseman Mark Teixeira for the second out in a 1-2-3 third.

By his third AB in the fifth, though, a lot had happened. First, the Phillies tied it on Pedro Feliz's fourth-inning RBI single, only to see the Yanks respond with two in the top of the fifth to take a 4-2 lead.

Things looked promising for the Phils when Jimmy Rollins opened the bottom half with a single, then Victorino worked a five-pitch walk. But neither budged, as Utley and Ryan Howard popped up, then Jayson Werth struck out.

Victorino's most solid contact of the night came in the seventh when he lined a shot to right. But the ball hung up for Nick Swisher to make the catch. When Utley followed with a solo blast the Phillies were suddenly within a run, then Feliz's eighth-inning homer off Joba Chamberlain tied it, 4-4, sending a full house of rally towel-waving fans inside Citizen's Bank Park into apoplexy as they headed to the ninth.

Looking ahead Victorino knew he'd be the third man up in the bottom half, hoping the game would still be tied and he might have the chance to be a hero — just as he was so often last season.

It never happened, as A-Rod ruined the night for Victorino and his mates. By the time he finally got to swing against Mariano Rivera the Phillies were down to their last out. Rivera jammed Victorino, who hit a soft ground ball to Teixeira to end the game.

With his 1-for-4 last night, the Flyin' Hawaiian is hitting just .200 (3-for-15) with two runs scored, one RBI and no steals in the World Series. That's just not going to cut it, though Victorino is hardly the only culprit in red pinstripes.

At this point there's little the Phillies can do tonight but put it all on line, hoping they can beat the odds against baseball's most storied franchise.

If that doesn't happen, then there will be just one thing Victorino and the Phillies can say:

Aloha!