Roy Oswalt left in the 7th, leading 2-0 and with two on. J.C. Romero and Jose Contreras quickly combined to give up four runs. The Marlins took the 4-2 lead into the 9th and promptly made an error to allow Polanco, leading off, to reach first. The Phillies went on to tie the game, but with two on and no outs proceeded to run themselves out of the inning. Talk about ugly baseball. In the bottom of the 9th, with the tying run on second, Gaby Sanchez laced a game-winner over the third base bag but umpire Bob Davidson saw it differently: foul ball. Cue eruptive anger on the part of the Fish. And no wonder. But Sanchez then made out and the game went on. In the top of the 10th, Carlos Ruiz almost hit a home run, then did, for a 5-4 lead. (Ruiz, the anti-Werth in this series, also doubled in the first two runs for the Phils.) Brad Lidge came in and almost had a 1-2-3 inning but he got the save so say hey.
It was great to see Oswalt pitching like his usual tenacious self.
