Phillies take NL wild card-lead
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Even when Ryan Howard doesn't get the big hit, the Philadelphia Phillies are getting contributions from backups and role players. Carlos Ruiz and Jeff Conine each drove in three runs, Jon Lieber pitched seven solid innings and Philadelphia beat the Florida Marlins 8-6 Saturday to continue its playoff push.
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In danger of losing more ground in the NL wild-card race, the Philadelphia Phillies scraped out an 8-7 victory over the Washington Nationals on Jimmy Rollins' two-run triple with two outs in the 14th inning Wednesday night.
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The Phillies erased a four-run deficit to beat the Washington Nationals on Thursday.
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Jimmy Rollins' clutch hit moved the Philadelphia Phillies a little closer to the top of the NL wild-card race. Rollins doubled in the go-ahead run in the ninth and the Phillies beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 on Wednesday night to extend their winning streak to five games.
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Ryan Howard hit two towering home runs off David Wells, drove in five runs and scored three times to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 12-4 win over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night.
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The Philadelphia Phillies needed 49 games to finally move above .500 &#151; not exactly the script for a team picked by some to win the NL East. "Now we get to come back and see if we can stay there," said manager Charlie Manuel.
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The Philadelphia Phillies couldn't make it two extra-inning wins in a row. Yadier Molina singled home the winning run with two outs in the 10th inning, giving the St. Louis Cardinals a 2-1 victory Wednesday night that stopped Philadelphia's six-game winning streak and dropped the Phillies 2 1/2 games back of the NL East-leading New York Mets.
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Jimmy Rollins and Placido Polanco homered, Cory Lidle pitched six solid innings and the Philadelphia Phillies secured second place in the NL East with a 6-2 win over the Florida Marlins on Friday night.
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Ryan Howard's two-run home run off Guillermo Mota in the 10th inning caps a late rally and leads the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-2 win over the New York Mets on Tuesday night.
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HOUSTON - The Houston Astros took over the lead in the National League wild card race Wednesday night as they beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 while the San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs both lost extra-inning games...
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The Philadelphia Phillies won a coin  toss giving them home field advantage in the event of a  tie-breaking game with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the National  League wild card, Major League Baseball announced on Monday.
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The Philadelphia Phillies moved to within two games of first place in the National League East after hammering the lowly Cincinnati Reds 11-4 on Tuesday.
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Ryan Howard slammed a pair of home   runs to lift his major league-leading total to 56 and help the   Philadelphia Phillies beat the Florida Marlins 3-2 on Friday.
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Jeff Kent hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Houston Astros beat Philadelphia 7-4 Wednesday to sweep the season series from the Phillies for the first time.
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An 11-run lead almost wasn't enough for the Philadelphia Phillies. Aaron Rowand prevented the tying and go-ahead runs from scoring with a tumbling catch on the warning track that ended the eighth inning, and the Phillies narrowly avoided a monumental collapse when they held on for a 13-11 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night.
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Ryan Howard doubles home the winning run in the 10th, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-5 win over the Colorado Rockies to gain ground in their playoff push.
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The Philadelphia Phillies want to keep playing next week, even if they are desperate for some rest. Needing sleep, but needing a win more, the Phillies stayed in the NL wild-card race Friday night by drubbing the Florida Marlins 14-2.