Posts Tagged ‘ Brad Lidge ’

Add one part thin air, one part erupting offense, one part bad pitching and you get a Coors Original. Not the beer, but a shootout in Denver, just like old times. The Phillies squeaked by the Colorado Rockies to take the May 11 makeup game, 12-11. Everywhere you looked, something was happening – good or...
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SAN DIEGO - Since Brad Lidge fell to his knees as a world champion in 2008, he has discovered many ways to blow a baseball game - 16 in all.
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By FRANK WARD DailyPhiladelphian.com Editor Lights Out Lidge was back. or, so we were beginning to think. Then, the man reverted to his 2009 form last night with a mental hiccup. If he’s smart, he picked up JRoll’s bar tab last night. The Phillies, battling for their playoff lives, had a paltry 2-1 lead heading into the...
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I grew up here, so I am more than familiar with Don Tollefson's body of work. By all accounts he's a terrific guy who tirelessly supports and promotes local charities. He's also, by a wide margin, the most optimistic person...
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Charlie Manuel has been getting a boatload of passes here and elsewhere but not this morning. His decision to lift a dominating Roy Oswalt in favor of Brad Lidge last night nearly cost the Phillies a hard-earned win.Lidge came into the game leading 2-...
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Jimmy Rollins, on slapping home plate with his left hand as he slid past Yorvit Torrealba to score the winning run in the 12th inning in a 3-2 victory over the Padres at Petco Park: "It was quick. It was...
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Brad Lidge balked home the tying run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, forcing the Philadelphia Phillies to play three more innings before beating the NL West-leading San Diego Padres 3-2 Friday night on a perfect slide by Jimmy Rollins.
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Brad Lidge balked home the tying run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, forcing the Philadelphia Phillies to play three more innings before beating the NL West-leading San Diego Padres 3-2 Friday night on a perfect slide by Jimmy Rollins. Rollin...
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Jimmy Rollins' scored the go-ahead run on a miracle slide in the 12th to erase one of the all-time managing and save-situation blunders from the books in the Phillies 3-2 win over the Padres Friday night. With Roy Oswalt absolutely dialed in through ei...
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Brad Lidge blew the save in the 9th inning by balking in a run. The Phillies won in twelve innings, 3-2.
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Roy Halladay pitched seven scoreless innings for his 16th win of the season and Ryan Madsen and Brad Lidge shut the door as the Phillies beat the Nationals 1-0 in the first game of the series at Citizens Bank Park.
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The good Kyle Kendrick showed up last night albeit against a Mets team that looks as though it has thrown in the towel. Kendrick pitched very effectively and Ryan Madson, back in his more comfortable set up role, and Brad Lidge, who has rediscovered h...
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We've seen rally caps, monkeys, and various etceteras. Naturally, in Queens they have rally lunch boxes. Not pictured: Brad Lidge's perfect bottom of the ninth. Phils win.
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Good morning. “How many monumental closer meltdowns have the Phillies now benefited from this year? There was the game that Werth tied with 2 outs in the 9th at San Fran, Carlos Marmol in Chicago, Leo Nunez in Florida, now this. They've really stolen...
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Remember two weeks ago when everyone wanted Brad Lidge chained to a wall in the bullpen so he couldn't blow any more leads in the ninth? Funny how quickly things can change in this game. Lidge was stellar in a 1-2-3 ninth inning yesterday against the Dodgers, retiring the side on 11 pitches -- 9 of...
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45,000+ fans vs. ~15,000 fans, pitching for the chance to win a World Series vs. pitching for nothing more than pride; Roy Oswalt got to experience what pitching in Philadelphia in the heat of a pennant race feels like last...
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