Both the Red Sox and the Celtics were in town Friday night, which is something that does not happen very often. Also a rare occurrence, both home teams came out on top...the Phillies beat the Sox, 6-4 and the 76ers took down the Celtics, 92-83 in playoff action. The stars aligned in Philly for what was a special night.
Phillies manager Charlie Manuel had a great view of the game from the Hall of Fame club section as he served his one day suspension for a heated argument with umpire Bob Davidson on Tuesday. Davidson was also suspended one game, even though he is the one who instigated the entire incident. I felt like he should have gotten more...but hey, MLB suspending an umpire publically? That is also something you do not see every day so we'll take it.
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Phillies reel off sixth straight win with 6-4 win over the Red Sox
Hunter Pence and Freddy Glavis both homered, while Cole Hamels and Jonathan Papelbon provided the pitching prowess with a 6-4 win over the Boston Red Sox.
Carlos Ruiz singled to center and scored two runners in the first to highlight a 4-0 Phillies lead.
Three Red Sox home runs by Mike Aviles, Adrian Gonzalez and Cody Ross kept the game close.
Cole Hamels went seven innings, gave up three runs and has a 2.48 ERA and improved to 6-1.
Carlos Ruiz had two hits to raise his average to .371.
At the start of the game, Ruiz was hitting .363, second to Rafeal Furcal of St. Louis.
It was the Phillies sixth straight win.
In the top of the ninth, Jonathan Papelbon faced his old teammates. Four batters later, Papelbon got his 12th save of the season.
“We have got to come out here...
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Carlos Ruiz had two hits to raise his average to .371.
At the start of the game, Ruiz was hitting .363, second to Rafeal Furcal of St. Louis.
It was the Phillies sixth straight win.
In the top of the ninth, Jonathan Papelbon faced his old teammates. Four batters later, Papelbon got his 12th save of the season.
“We have got to come out here... The Phils increase their winning streak to five games as they stop a ninth inning rally to defeat the Cubs, 8-7.
The Phils hold off a Cubs’ rally in the ninth to win their fifth straight game, and their sixth in seven games, as they defeat the Cubs, 8-7.
The Phils took the lead in the first as, with two men on, and with two men out, Carlos Ruiz hits an RBI single, knocking in Jimmy Rollins, who had started the game off with a single, then moved up to second base on Juan Pierre’s slow ground out, 6-3, giving the Phils a 1-0 lead, while sending Shane Victorino, who had earlier walked, up to second base. The Cubs would tie the game up at one-all in their half of the first as, with a man on third, and with one man out, Starlin Castro hits a sacrifice fly, scoring David DeJesus, who had started off the inning with a double, then moved up to third on Tony Campana’s...