After Ryan Howard hit a sac fly in the top of the ninth, Brad Lidge closed out a 6-5 game Sunday as the Phillies took a 2-1 series lead over the Rockies in the NLDS.
The Phillies went to Lidge even with two lefties, a switch-hitter and another lefty due up to start the ninth. The slumping Brad Hawpe decided against working the count before grounding out to second. Carlos Gonzalez put together a far superior at-bat in working a walk. At that point, Jim Tracy decided to overmanage, bringing in a chilled Jason Giambi rather than sticking with Dexter Fowler, who was 2-for-4. Giambi popped up on a fastball out of the strike zone, and after an unintentional-intentional walk to Todd Helton, Troy Tulowitzki flew out to end it. Game 4 will be played Monday, with Game 1 starters Cliff Lee and Ubaldo Jimenez set to start.
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