2008 Tampa Bay Rays vs Philadelphia Phillies World Series Highlights Game 5

ONDER ABOUT THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE THAT GOT US INTO THIS SITUATION. LET'S GO OVER THE HIGHLIGHTS. THIS WAS GAME IN WHICH THE PHILLIES WERE HOPING TO CLENCH CLINCH A WORLD SERIES TITLE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1980, AGAIN AGAIN THE CONDITIONS IN THE FIRST INNING, YOU WATCH THEM DETERIORATE OVER TIME, WERE SUCH THAT THE FIELD WAS VERY PLAYABLE AND VERY DRY. THE BASES WERE LOADED IN THE FIRST, AND SCOTT KAZMIR HAD A HARD TIME GETTING THROUGH THE FIRST INING WITHOUT GIVING UP RUNS AND GAVE UP RUNS HERE. >> SHANE VICTORINO HERE SCORED RUNS. THE HITTER BEFORE PAT BURRELL, AND KAZMIR THREW BORDERLINE STRIKES, HE DIDN'T THE CALL THAT HAMILL WAS GETTING. COST THEM TWO. >> FOR 146,000 PLUS TRYING TO WILL THEM TO A WIN. THEY GO UP 2-0, THEY HAVE HAD A HARD TIME SCORING WITH MEN IN SCORING POSITION. THEY GET TWO THERE. JUMP FOR THE FOURTH INNING AND THE RAIN HAS FALLEN A BIT. AND PENA AND LONGORIA HAVEN'T MADE ANY HITS AS FAR AS GETTING ON BASE. THAT BROKE WHEN PENA GOT A DOUBLE. >> GOT ONE TO THE WHEEL HOUSE THERE. HE HAD BEEN SWINGING THE BALL UP IN HIS EYES AND DROVE IT TO THE WALL. WERTH, GREAT EFFORT, JUST TO THE RIGHT OF HIS GLOVE, PENA ENDS UP AT SECOND. IF HE WAS RUNNING HE COULD HAVE BEEN AT THIRD BASE. >> MADDON ADJUSTED THE LINEUP MOVED CRAWFORD AND UPTON, UP, SO THE PENA LONGORIA CREW ARE HITTING 4-5 AND LONGORIA DELIVERED A HIT, NOW IT IS 2-1, NOW THE CONDITIONS THAT FORCED THE COMMISSIONER TO GO DOWN TO THE FIELD AND TALK THINGS OVER WITH THE GROUNDS CREW ABOUT WHERE THIS WAS GOING TO HEAD WITH REGARD TO THE WEATHER. DOUBLE PLAY THERE. THE PHILLIES STILL LEAD BY SCORE OF 2-1. HAMELS STARTED. THIS WAS DANGEROUS, HE GOT PLUNKED ON HIS FINGER, ATTEMPTING TO BUNT. HE WOULD STAY IN THE GAME, AND GET TO FIRST ON WHAT WAS A SACRIFICE AND FORCE AT SECOND BASE. CERTAINLY THAT CAUSED PEOPLE TO HOLD THEIR BREATH. >> THAT'S THE BIGGEST FEAR YOU HAVE FOR A MANAGER WITH THE LEFT-HAND HITTER. AGAINST THE LEFTY, RUN THE FASTBALL UP AND IN. GOT HIM ON THE KNUCKLE. >> HE WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE IN THIS GAME AS A PITCHER. UNABLE TO DO AN EFFECTIVE JOB WITH THE SACRIFICE. UTLEY IN A TWO-RUN GAME. RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION AND THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES CANNOT DELIVER AS IWAMURA MAKES THE PLAY. THE CONDITIONS GOT WORSE, THE RAIN PICKED UP AND THE WIND CONTINUED TO PICK UP AND YOU STARTED TO SEE PUDDLES ON THE FIELD. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT BECAME CARNIVAL BASEBALL FOR A WHILE, AS ROLLINS AS GOOD AS IT IS, CATCHING HIGH FLIES. >> AND ROCCO ON FIRST BASE, THAT HAD HANG TIME AND HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON SECOND BASE. >> HE WASN'T. A BROKEN BAT, GREAT INDIVIDUAL EFFORT BY UTLEY TO TURN A DOUBLE PLAY AND THEY TAGGED BALDELLI RUNNING BUY AND STILL ABLE TO GET THE RUNNER AT FIRST. >> THAT'S A GREAT HEADS-UP PLAY. THAT WEATHER GETTING PAST, BIG PLAY. >> THE OLD RULES STIPULATED AFTER A GAME BECAME OFFICIAL THROUGH FIVE INNINGS THE TEAM THAT WAS WINNING THE HOME TEAM WOULD EVENTUALLY WIN THE GAME. THOSE RULES CHANGED AND YOU JUST GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY WERE CERTAIN FOLKS WONDERING IF THIS GAME COULD BE TIED AND WE WOULD SUSS SPEND IT. IT WOULD SEEM A LITTLE MORE FAIR. MAYBE THAT'S NOT SAYING IT PROPERLY. BUT WHEN UPTON CAME ACROSS TO TIE GAMENTE AT TWO, YOU GOT THE SENSE AT THAT POINT IT WAS THE RIGHT TIME IN THE MINDS OF MANY TO BRING THE TARP ON AND SUSPEND THIS GAME AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. >> YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. BUD SEAL HIG AND THE CREW FOR MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WERE EXCITED AS ANY PLAYER, COACH, MANAGER. WHEN UPTON SCORED THE RUN. >> SO 2-2 IS A SCORE IN A SUSPENDED GAME IN GAME FIVE, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE RIGHT HAND, UPPER CORNER AND SEE BALFOUR'S PITCHING AND COLE HAMELS IS DUE UP IN THE INNING FOR THE PHILLIES WHEN THEY COME TO BAT. IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING. THERE'S A POINT WHERE HE'LL PINCH-HIT. WHEN THE GAME RESUMES, WE KNOW IT WON'T BE MONDAY NIGHT, LIKE THE GREATEST "2 MINUTE DRILL" FROM A FOOTBALL GAME. IT'S FELT LIKE A PINBALL MACHINE. THERE WERE SOME DECISIONS TO BE MADE, SOME TO BE QUESTIONED AND SOME HUGE CLUTCH PERFORMANCES. COLE HAMELS OF COURSE STARTED THE GAME FOR PHILLY MONDAY AND LIFTED FOR A PINCH-HITTER MONDAY. BALFOUR TAKES THE MOUND FOR TAMPA IN THE SIXTH. BOTTOM SIXTH, JENKINS PINCH-HITTING AND BALFOUR COMES IN. 8:40 THE FIRST FITCH. 46 HOURS LATER, GEOFF JENKINS GETS THE CALL. >> JENKINS SAW FIVE FASTBALLS AROUND 94, 95 BEFORE HE HIT THAT SIXTH ONE. TALKED TO HIM BEFORE THE GAME, I SAID, MAN, WHAT IF YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY LATE IN THIS ONE TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL? TURNS OUT IT COULDN'T HAPPEN TO A BETTER GUY. >> THE 46-HOUR WAIT WAS WORTH IT. JAYSON WERTH COMES UP, SHALLOW CENTER. IWAMURA HAD IT AND DROPPED IT. >> ONE OF THOSE MANAGER DECISIONS, IT'S LATE IN THE GAME AND HAVE TO PULL THE INFIELD IN. I UNDERSTAND THE DECISION BY JOE MADDON. THINK OF THE ODDS IF THE INFIELD WERE BACK OR HALFWAY, THAT'S AN EASY OUT AND NO RUNS SCORED. >> COLE HAMELS IN LINE TO BECOME THE WINNER. IT WOULD BE FIVE STARTS IN FIVE WINS. BALFOUR IS OUT OF THE GAME AN INNING AND A 1/3. RYAN MADSON DOES NOT GIVE UP HOME RUNS IN THIS PARK, NOT SINCE APRIL. >> CARLOS RUIZ LOOKED FOR THE FASTBALL AND HE TURNED ON IT AND HIT IT OUT OF THE BALLPARK. >> WHAT A STORY FOR BALDELLI WITH THE INJURIES HE'S HAD TO DEAL WITH T TIED AT 3-3. Y.C. ROMERO, UTLEY FIELDS, FAKES TO FIRST. BARTLETT'S COMING HOME. AND HE'S OUT. >> JUST A TREMENDOUS PLAY THERE AND UTLEY SAYING AFTER THE GAME, HE KNEW THAT AKINORI IWAMURA HAD GREAT SPEED, COULDN'T GET HIM THERE BUT THE PRESENCE THERE, LIKE AN NFL QUARTERBACK LOOKING OFF OF A RECEIVER AND THEN THROWING A STRIKE TO THE CATCHER TO GET BARTLETT AT THE PLATE. >> TIED AT 3-3. THE RAYS DO NOT GRAB THE LEAD. BOTTOM SEVEN, PAT BURRELL OFF HOWL. A SWING AND DRIVE TO LEFT CENTER FIELD. IT HUNG UP THERE LIKE A HELIUM BALLOON AND WHEN IT CAME DOWN IT GOT AWAY FROM UPTON. YOU'RE THINKING PAT BURRELL IS ON THIRD. >> UPTON WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE WALL. YOU HAVE TO THINK OF BIRD BASE. >> MIKE SCHMIDT IN 1980 A THIRD BASEMAN DELIVERS THE GAME-WINNING R.B.I. A THIRD BASEMAN NAMED PEDRO FELIZ DELIVERS THE GO AHEAD R.B.I. >> A SINKER SLIDER FROM BRADFORD BUT DIDN'T GET THE SINKER DOWN AND KEPT IT UP AND FEEL EASE HIT IT UP THE MIDDLE FOR THE KNOCK. >> A DANGER TIME. A HUGE 6-4-3 DOUBLE PLAY. >> UPTON HIT A LOT OF ONES AND HE GETS THE ROLLOVER TRYING TO PULL IT. >> EVAN LONGORIA, NASTY PITCH THAT COMES IN AT 85 AFTER HE'D THROWN BALLS AT 94. >> HE THREW A NUMBER OF FASTBALLS AND KEPT THINKING HE'S GOT TO THROW HIM THE BREAKING BALL AND THROWS HIM A SLIDER AND HE POPS IT UP. >> TWO OUTS AWAY FROM THE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP. DIONER NAVARRO. THIS IS WHEN THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLY FANS STARTED THINKING OF THE CURSE OF WILLIAM PEN. A BROKEN BAT BY DIONER NAVARRO? >> IT GOT QUIET. >> IT GOT WORSE WHEN FERNANDO PEREZ EASILY STEALS THE BASE. >> JIMMY ROLLINS GOT IN FRONT OF THE BALL AND WASN'T LETTING THAT GO TO CENTER FIELD TO GET A RUNNER ON THIRD. >> JOE MADDON LIKES BEN ZROBE RESIST AND HE HIT A ROPE. >> IT WAS CRUSHED, LINE DRIVE. HE'S BEEN PLAYING EVERY GAME FOR A LONG TIME IN RIGHT FIELD. >> IF YOU HELD BACK HINSKE, HERE'S THE TIME TO BRING BACK THE GUY WHO HIT A HOME RUN. GONE ON AN 0-2 PITCH. LIDGE GOES TO HIS KNEES. HE CAN'T BELIEVE IT AND THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES, THE FIGHTING PHILS WHO WON 92 GAMES IN THE REGULAR SEASON GO ON AND WIN THE WORLD SERIES ON THEIR OWN FIELD. THE FIRST WORLD SERIES TITLE FOR THE PHILLIES SINCE 1980 AND THE DREAM SEASON FOR EVAN LONGORIA. ERIC HINSKE AND THE REST OF THE RAYS GOES BY THE WAYSIDE WITH A TYING RUN ON SECOND BASE IN ONE OF THE MOST BIZARRE WORLD SERIES GAMES EVER PLAYED. THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS EVER PLAYED OVER TWO DAYS. RYAN HOWARD, LOOK OUT BELOW. HE WIPES OUT THE ENTIRE OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE LINES OF THE PHILLIES. >> HE'LL BE PLAYING FOR THE EAGLES NEXT WEEKEND. >> 4-3 THEY WIN IT. THE OFFENSIVE HEROES, VICTORINO COMES THROUGH ON THE MONDAY NIGHT, ON THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WERTH AND FELIZ GET THEIR JOB DONE AND THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES KNOCK OFF THE RAYS IN FIVE GAMES. >> WHEN I SAW THE LAST OUT, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF LOOKED UP AND I WAS KIND OF WATCHING THE FANS AND WATCHING OUR PLAYERS AND I KNEW IT WAS OVER. AND I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE JUST WON THE WORLD SERIES. LIKE WE WERE CHAMPIONS, LIKE I KIND OF LAUGHED, KIND OF TOOK IT IN, TOOK IT ALL IN, I LIKED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. IT WAS ACTUALLY BIGGER THAN I FELT LIKE IT WAS. >> I THINK IT WAS A UNIQUE SITUATION FOR OUR GAME BUT THE LAST OUT OF ACCOMPLISHING A GOAL THAT YOU SET OUT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, TO FINALLY ATTAIN IT, IT'S A SENSE OF RELIEF AND YOU CAN PRIDE YOURSELF THROUGH IT AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO AS A TEAM. I'M GOING TO KEEP THESE MEMORIES. I KNOW THE EXCITEMENT THIS CITY HAS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN'T TAKE AWAY FROM THEM ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. >> LAST YEAR I WOULD HAVE CALLED THEM TO WIN THE DIVISION BUT THIS YEAR WE HAVE THE MINDSET WE CAN WIN THE WORLD SERIES. >> THIS HAS BEEN A REMARKABLE YEAR FOR US ON SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS TO GET TO THIS POINT, VERY FEW PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY OR EVEN THROUGHOUT THE BASEBALL WORLD EVEN WOULD HAVE GUESSED WE COULD GET HERE. I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR GUYS. I THOUGHT AS A GROUP, A TRULY REMARKABLE JOB. WE MADE A POWERFUL STATEMENT. IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING. I VIEW IT AS JUST THE BEGINNING. >> CERTAINLY A LOT OF TALK THIS WEEK IN PHILADELPHIA ABOUT THE 1980 TEAM. AND OF COURSE HOW KRUK GOT HERE YOU THINK OF THE 1993 TEAM. BUT THE HISTORY OF THE PHILLIES IN THE WORLD SERIES GOES BACK TO THE 1915 SEASON AGAINST THE RED SOX IN WHICH THEY LOST IN FIVE GAMES.