(AP)It could have been their ninth straight win over the Braves. It could have been their first three-game winning streak of the season. It could have been Roy Halladay’s 108th win without a loss when pitching with a four-run lead.It could have been a victory that put the Phillies over .500 for the first time since the first game of the season, and it could have moved them to within one game of the Braves for second place in the NL East.But instead, the Phillies blew a six-run lead with Halladay on the mound, came back on Carlos Ruiz’s indescribably satisfying bat-flip three-run homer, melted down behind Jose Contreras and Michael Schwimer, tied the game in the ninth off Craig Kimbrel, but eventually lost on Chipper Jones’ walkoff two-run bomb in the eleventh. (See Ian Riccaboni’s full recap below.)It was a hard loss to take, sure. But I don’t know… for some reason this didn’t hurt as bad as it should have.Maybe because it felt kind of historic. Ruiz set the single-game franchise re...
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Carlos Ruiz,
Jose Contreras,
Michael Schwimer,
Craig Kimbrel,
Chipper Jones,
Jimmy Rollins,
Brian Sanches,
Chad Qualls,
Jonathan Papelbon,
Kyle Kendrick,
Joe Blanton
TEAMS: Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves
TEAMS: Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves
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