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"As this NLCS began, the thought was that the Phillies would have to blow out the Dodgers to win, because Philadelphia's bullpen was too shaky to hold the lead in close games. In fact it's been Dodger pitchers who've been shaky. And Dodger hitters, who are slugging .318. Meanwhile, Philadelphia's Brad Lidge, whose numbers in the regular season were the worst of all time for a full-time closer, has an ERA of 0.00 in the series.\n\nHere, the key plays that allowed the Phillies to steal this one from Los Angeles in the bottom of the ninth:\n\nBottom of the 1st inning, two out, one runner on: Ryan Howard homers\n\n Howard will go through periods during which he does little but strike out; he's always among the league leaders in this statistical category. In the 2009 playoffs, though, he's K'd only three times in 13 at-bats and has slugged an absurd 1.077. With this home run, he tied a 77-year-old record set by Lou Gehrig for RBIs in consecutive postseason games\u2014and gave the Phillies an early lead. Score: Phillies 2, Dodgers 0\n\nBottom of the 6th inning, one out: Shane Victorino triples to left field\n\n You don't often see triples to left field; the base is so close to the outfielder in question. Then again, when Manny Ramirez is said outfielder, anything is possible. As the ball rolled to the wall, Manny complacently trotted after it, dutifully collected it, then lofted his relay over the head of the cut-off man\u2014allowing Victorino to reach third easily. Four pitches later, when Chase Utley singled, Victorino would score. Manny's mistake not only kept the game close, but also seemed to distill something about the Dodgers' dispiritedness in this series. Score: Dodgers 4, Philadelphia 3\n\nBottom of the 9th inning, two out, two runners on: Jimmy Rollins doubles to right-center field\n\n Here, Nietzschean superman Jonathan Broxton, an uber-dominating closer who strikes out almost 14 batters per nine innings, just wilted. First, with one out, he faced Matt Stairs, who'd pinch-hit a two-run homer against him in last year's NLCS. Perhaps still haunted by this, Broxton walked Stairs on four straight wayward fastballs, the first of which arrived two feet to the left of catcher Russell Martin's target. Next, with Martin's glove set up on the outside corner, Broxton instead threw inside and nailed Carlos Ruiz on the elbow, putting two men on base. Then, after inducing a soft infield liner for the second out, he pitched to the fastball-loving former MVP Jimmy Rollins. Broxton went to 1-and-1 on Rollins, then grooved a 99-mph four-seamer waist high. Rollins slashed it into the gap in right-center, scoring both runs and giving the Phillies a walk-off victory\u2014a Hollywood ending, so to speak."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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