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Phillies head to Denver with a fight on their hands

Found October 08, 2009 on Beerleaguer:
PLAYERS: Scott Eyre,  Cole Hamels
TEAMS: Philadelphia Phillies

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Bruised and battered, the Phillies took the fight to the last out, but fell 5-4 to Colorado, who couterpunched their way to a split in Philadelphia. Beerleaguer: If not for the work of guys like Scott Eyre and Antonio Bastardo, bailing the Phillies out of certain doom, the Rockies would have had the Phillies dead and buried this afternoon. Starting from the beginning, Cole Hamels, who left the stadium immediately after his day was done to tend to his wife,...
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