PHILADELPHIA — Officials in Philadelphia are removing trash cans and even greasing up utility poles in anticipation of revelry if the Phillies clinch the National League Championship Series tonight.

The defending champion Phillies can earn their second straight trip to the World Series with a victory over the Dodgers at home in Game 5. The game starts at 8:07 and will be broadcast on TBS.

City workers were coating poles, trees and bus stop shelters with slippery goo to discourage celebrating fans from climbing them. The city also removed new solar-powered trash cans from the street and asked publishers to remove unsecured newspaper boxes. Police Lt. Frank Vanore says state troopers will patrol on horseback and officers on bicycles while commanders monitor live footage from the city’s 100-plus surveillance cameras.

After the World Series last fall, fans in South Philly toppled a traffic pole and set off firecrackers. In Center City, a luggage store was looted, planters and taxicabs were damaged and some small fires were set.