Memorable rally powers Phillies past Braves 10-9

By MICHAEL RADANO • Courier-Post Staff • July 27, 2008 PHILADELPHIA — Words can't sum up the range of emotion felt at Citizens Bank Park on Saturday afternoon. Granted, not everyone tried that hard, but even then it seemed the shorter the sentiment, the better. "What a game," Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins said. "That's my quote." What a game indeed as the Phillies overcame a six-run deficit after blowing a three-run lead en route to a 10-9 win over the Atlanta Braves in front of 45,107 fans. The win came with more hills and valleys than a collection of DisneyWorld's best configurations and satisfied a fan base, at least for one day, that was looking for everything negative about its baseball team. The Phillies improved to 55-49 and are no worse than two games behind the NL East-leading New York Mets, who entertained the... [read full story]