Phillies Blow Lead, Fall Into Wild-Card Tie
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Jimmy Rollins, above, and the Phillies blow a two-run lead and fall to the red-hot Astros on Monday, 5-4, to drop into a tie with the Dodgers (82-74) for the NL wild card with six games to go.
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Carlos Beltran misplays Jimmy Rollins' line drive into a two-run triple and the Phillies rally to beat New York, 5-3, for their seventh straight victory over the Mets.
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Another solid outing from Cole Hamels and timely situational hitting helped the Philadelphia Phillies end their losing skid. Backed by three sacrifice flies, Hamels pitched his second complete game to lead the Phillies over the San Francisco Giants 5-2 on Saturday night.
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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, the season's leading   home-run hitter, added another to his tally while Chris Coste   homered and drove in four runs as the Philadelphia Phillies   dumped the Florida Marlins 14-8 on Thursday.
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Jason LaRue drove in the go-ahead run on a fielder's choice grounder in the eighth inning and the Cincinnati Reds snapped the Philadelphia Phillies' six-game winning streak with a 4-3 victory Monday night.
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As their ace pitcher, Jim Bunning watched the Philadelphia Phillies' seemingly insurmountable 6 1/2-game lead for the National League pennant slip away in one of the biggest collapses in baseball history.
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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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The Pirates stop a seven-game road losing streak with a 6-1 win over Philadelphia that eliminates the Phillies from playoff contention.
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Philadelphia picked up its major league-leading 44th come-from-behind win and cut the Metsâ lead in the N.L. East to 5 1/2 games.
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Cory Lidle took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, Ryan Madson escaped a jam, and the Philadelphia Phillies ended two years of frustration in Florida by beating the Marlins 4-2 Tuesday night.
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Through the final seven innings, the Philadelphia Phillies' bullpen successfully nursed a one-run lead. Shane Victorino scored from second base on an infield single and chased down a 420-foot fly for the final out. With their season on the brink, the Phils came through with a clutch win. It wasn't enough.
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The Arizona Diamondbacks took over sole possession of first place in the NL West from San Diego. The Philadelphia Phillies outlasted New York to complete a sweep of the Mets and tighten the East and wild-card races.
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Washington closes out RFK Stadium with a 5-3 victory on Sunday after the Phillies' bullpen gives up the lead and fails to finish off a sweep of the Nationals.
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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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The longest of nights produced the most painful of losses for the Philadelphia Phillies and dozens of their die-hard fans. The Phillies waited out a rain delay of nearly 4 1/2 hours at the start, then dropped a 3-1 decision to the Washington Nationals that left Philadelphia two games back in the NL wild-card race with only three games to play.
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Phillies manager Charlie Manuel dropped Jimmy Rollins from the leadoff spot, let Brett Myers throw 119 pitches and called for Tom Gordon in the eighth inning. Even though it&#039;s May, Manuel knew he needed a win Thursday. Philadelphia avoided a costly three-game sweep, beating the New York Mets 5-3 behind Myers, Gordon and new leadoff hitter Shane Victorino.