Save the jokes, the taunts and all those insults about the losingest team in sports. The Philadelphia Phillies just won themselves a World Series. If that sounds strange, it was strange. Nearly 50 hours after Game 5 started but was stopped by rain, Brad Lidge and the Phillies finished off the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 in a three-inning sprint Wednesday night. "It was a crazy way to win it with a suspended game, but we did and it's over," 45-year-old Phillies pitcher Jamie Moyer said.
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GM	HM	Result	Visiting Pitcher	Home Pitcher
1	TB	Phi 3-2	W: Hamels	L: Kazmir
2	TB	TB 4-2	L: Myers	W: Shields
3	Phi	Phi 5-4	L: Howell	W: Romero
4	Phi	Phi 10-2	L: Sonnanstine	W: Blanton
GM	HM	Time (ET)	Visiting Pitcher	Home Pitcher
6	TB	10/30, 8:29 p.m.	Phi: Myers	TB: Shields

Box Scores

Rays (1 - 3) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Phillies (3 - 1) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. A Iwamura, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2. B Upton, CF 4 0 0 0 0 3. C Pena, 1B 3 0 0 0 1 4. E Longoria, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 5. C Crawford, LF 3 1 1 1 0 6. D Navarro, C 4 0 1 0 0 7. B Zobrist, RF 3 0 0 0 1 8. J Bartlett, SS 4 0 0 0 0 9. A Sonnanstine, P 1 0 1 0 0 9. E Hinske, PH 1 1 1 1 0 9. E Jackson, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. W Aybar, PH 1 0 1 0 0 9. D Wheeler, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. T Miller, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. R Baldelli, PH 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 2 5 2 2		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. J Rollins, SS 5 3 3 0 0 2. J Werth, RF 4 2 2 2 1 3. C Utley, 2B 3 2 0 0 2 4. R Howard, 1B 4 2 3 5 1 5. P Burrell, LF 3 0 0 1 1 5. E Bruntlett, LF 1 0 0 0 0 6. S Victorino, CF 5 0 0 0 0 7. P Feliz, 3B 4 0 2 1 0 8. C Ruiz, C 4 0 1 0 0 9. J Blanton, P 3 1 1 1 0 9. C Durbin, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. S Eyre, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. R Madson, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. M Stairs, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. J Romero, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 10 12 10 5
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* A Sonnanstine (L, 0-1) 4.0 6 5 3 3 2 6.75 E Jackson 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 4.50 D Wheeler 1.1 3 2 2 0 1 6.75 T Miller 0.2 1 2 2 1 0 18.00		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* J Blanton (W, 1-0) 6.0 4 2 2 2 7 3.00 C Durbin 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 S Eyre (H, 2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 R Madson (H, 2) 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 3.00 J Romero 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
* = Season Stat
BATTING HR: C Crawford (2), E Hinske (1)		BATTING 2B: J Rollins 2 (2), J Werth (3) HR: J Werth (1), R Howard 2 (3), J Blanton (1)

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Player News

Rays David Price (TB) News: Price took the loss on Monday night, allowing four earned runs over six innings against the Chicago White Sox.  (RotoWire - Mon. Jul 20, 2009) Ben Zobrist (TB) News: Zobrist hit his 18th home run on Monday night against the White Sox.  (RotoWire - Mon. Jul 20, 2009) Carl Crawford (TB) News: Crawford went 2-for-3 on Monday night, including hitting his ninth home run of the season.  (RotoWire - Mon. Jul 20, 2009)

Phillies Rodrigo Lopez (PHI) News: Lopez expects to make his next start after leaving Wednesday night's game against the Reds with inflammation in his shoulder.  (STATS - Mon. Jul 20, 2009) Pedro Martinez (PHI) News: Martinez is getting closer to making a rehab start as he prepares for a return to the major leagues.  (STATS - Mon. Jul 20, 2009) Pedro Martinez (PHI) News: Martinez (shoulder) has been medically cleared to throw a simulated game on Tuesday, the Phillies' official site reports. If that goes well, he could begin a rehab assignment on Sunday.  (RotoWire - Mon. Jul 20, 2009)