Lidge escapes another bases-loaded jam, Phillies beat Rockies 5-4 for 4-game sweep
Brad Lidge escaped another bases-loaded jam in the ninth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies held off the Colorado Rockies 5-4 Monday to complete a four-game sweep.
Backup catcher Brian Schneider's two-run triple sent the Phillies toward their fifth straight win. The two-time NL champions pulled within 4 1/2 games of idle East-leading Atlanta.
The Rockies lost their sixth in a row. Seth Smith hit a two-out, two-run homer off Lidge in the ninth and Colorado went on to load the bases, but Ryan Spilborghs hit a soft comebacker that ended the game.
On Sunday, Lidge struck out Ian Stewart with the bases loaded to preserve a 4-3 victory.
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