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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

So who would have been the closer tonight?


The Phillies entered the bottom of the seventh inning with a 2-0 lead.

Chan Ho Park had pitched the top half of the inning, but was not coming back out (he suffered what might be a pretty bad hamstring injury).

The Phils tacked on four runs, blowing a possible save situation out of the water, but Ryan Madson, who had been warming up, came out anyway for the eighth.

Since Manuel had been warming up Madson for the eighth, who was coming out in the ninth?

"It was going to be (Brad) Lidge," Charlie Manuel said.

Is Lidge back as the every day closer? We shall see.


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As for Park, his injury doesn't sound great.

He said he felt his right hamstring "pop" when delivered his last pitch to Ryan Zimmerman in the seventh inning.

If Park is out for an extended time period, it's a big blow to a bullpen that's relied heavily on his health and consistency. Park is 2-2 with a 2.57 ERA since moving to the bullpen in late May.

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