City of Brotherly Sports Report!

Congratulations to the 2009 Philadelphia Phillies defeating the Colorado Rockies 5-4 in Game Four of the National League Divisional Playoffs winning the series 3-1. A back and forth series saw the Phillies do what they do best, come from behind and win in the top of the 9th inning thanks to a game tying, two out, two RBI double from Ryan Howard scoring Shane Victorino and Chase Utley. That tremendous at bat was followed up by a flaring single knocked into shallow right field by Jayson Werth, driving in Howard who was ultimately the game winning run.

The bottom of the ninth saw it's fair share of drama as well as Scott Eyre got two runners on with two outs, ultimately forcing Uncle Chally to go back to the pen and bring out his "go to" closer Brad Lidge. Facing only one batter, Lidge struck out Colorado's Troy Tulowitzki to help the Phillies clinch their spot in the National League Championship Series starting this up coming Thursday against the Los Angeles Dodgers who advanced by sweeping the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLDS round.

The win goes to Ryan Madson, the loss to Huston Street (his second loss in the series... both in Colorado), and the save goes to the real "Lights Out" Brad Lidge. Shane Victorino and Jayson Werth also contributed with solo home runs.

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