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Saturday, July 11, 2009

2009 Topps Turkey Red #TR95 Ryan Howard

Ryan Howard, you are the man! Ryan's 3-run home run in the bottom of the 9th inning tonight tied up the game against the Pirates, 7-7. Shortly afterwards, the Phils would win the game, 8-7, on Paul Bako's RBI single, capping the thrilling 5-run ninth inning.

The inning started with the Phils down by four runs. Matt Stairs cut into the deficit with a pinch-hit solo home run - his specialty. Tyler Walker pitched a scoreless top of the 9th for his first win as a Phillie.

The Phils started the game in an early hole as Cole Hamels struggled again, yielding five runs to the Pirates within the first two innings. I'll admit, I had given up on this game, only half paying attention to the middle innings and thinking forward to tomorrow's game. I should know better than that now after the last few years of amazing come-back victories by the Fightin' Phils.

Wearing a Phillies' hat, Vice President Joe Biden seemed to enjoy himself at tonight's game behind home plate.

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