After taking an 8-2 lead late in the game, you'd think it would've been a snoozer from that point on in Game 5 tonight. Unfortunately for the team from Philadelphia and its fans, the Yankees just kept inching back, closer and closer, and had the tying run come to the plate in the top of the 9th before finally losing, 8-6. It should be interesting to see who the Phillies send out to the mound over the course of Game 6, as their bullpen has been pretty shaky of late. At least Brad Lidge wasn't brought in tonight, as the series would probably be over by now if he had been!
One of the highlights of the night saw Chase Utley tie a World Series record for most home runs right before Ryan Howard tied another one for most strikeouts. A few minutes later the camera crew caught a great shot of a beaming Utley sitting beside a despondent Howard in the Phillies dugout, with the former reaching over and patting the latter on his butt by way of consolation. "A tale of two swings" was the way the commentators described that scene.
Game 6 comes our way on Wednesday night from the new Yankee Stadium, weather permitting. I can hardy wait!
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