No Cole In Phillies Stocking

Published: July 26, 2007, 11:00 am

Tags: 72, 317, 238, 70, 87

Mercifully, Ryan Howard sent everybody home after a long night last night at Citizens Bank Park. Good thing. I needed the sleep. His two-run home run helped the Phillies to a 7-5 victory in 14 innings over the Nationals, but everybody who watched knew the Phillies should have won this game in nine innings. Antonio Alfonseca blew a two-run lead in the ninth and put the Phillies down a run entering their final at-bat, but Jimmy Rollins' incredible game-tying triple/error in the bottom of the ninth sent it to extra innings. As much fun as it can be to watch Howard's power, for my money players like Rollins, Shane Victorino and Chase Utley are more exciting to watch because of their speed. I think the triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Rollins has 12 of them so far. "I hit third and Smitty [third-base coach Steve Smith] started yelling," Rollins said. "I think it kind of surprised him, too. I looked up and I saw [Felipe] Lopez, and I saw some distance between him and the

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