Phillies slugger Ryan Howard hits an RBI single against the Rockies. DENVER (AP) — Between frosty breaths on the mound, Brad Lidge warmed to the challenge. Philadelphia's beleaguered closer stranded runners at first and second base on a bitterly cold night when he got Troy Tulowitzki to fly out to shallow left field Sunday, preserving the Phillies' 6-5 win over the with the tiebreaking run after another apparent blown call by the umpires. In a game played in temperatures near freezing and ended past midnight, the defending world champs took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series 2-1. They can wrap up this NL divisional series Monday in Game 4 when they send Game 1 winner The save was surely sweet redemption for Lidge. He converted all 48 save chances last year,... [read full story]
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DENVER — Brad Lidge was at the center of the celebrations, mobbed on the mound and then later bathed in bone-chilling ice water inside the clubhouse. Those recent ninth-inning meltdowns? A fading memory for the Philadelphia...
Before this series began last week, I wrote about what the Rockies needed to do to beat the Phillies in the NLDS. Upon the news that Jorge De La Rosa would be unavailable for the series due to a groin injury, the piece made a...
Before this series began last week, I wrote about what the Rockies needed to do to beat the Phillies in the NLDS. Upon the news that Jorge De La Rosa would be unavailable for the series due to a groin injury, the piece made a...
Brad Lidge was at the center of the celebrations, mobbed on the mound and then later bathed in bone-chilling ice water inside the clubhouse. Those recent ninth-inning meltdowns? A fading memory for the Phillies closer. Lidge...
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