2008 Tampa Bay Rays vs Philadelphia Phillies World Series Highlights Game 4
Published: Aug 30, 2024
Duration: 00:04:09
Category: Sports
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RAYS SPLIT, THIS IS NOT THE CASE. LET'S GET TO THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE AT CITIZEN'S BANK PARK, WHERE THE PHILLIES HAVE BEEN UNBEATEN, THEY CAME IN 5-0. ANDY SONNANSTINE WAS A GUY THEY WERE COMFORTABLE WITH ON THE MOUND, EVEN THOUGH HE HADN'T STARTED IN 12 DAYS, WAS THIS A MISTAKE, TRYING TO GET ROLLINS AND NOT A DOUBLE PLAY. >> HOWARD IS NOT THE FASTEST, ONE-HOPPER BACK TO HIM. HE TRIED TO GET THE EASY OUT AT THIRD AND GET ATTACK, PAT BURRELL, AND THE UMPIRE MISSED THE CALL. AND THROW TO SECOND, TURN THE DOUBLE PLAY AND YOU'RE OUT ANYWAY. >> THE UMPIRE MISSED CUE. SONNANSTINE, YES, THERE'S AN EFFECT RIGHT AWAY AND THE PHILLIES GET A 1-0 LEAD. AND SHANE VICTORINO. GREAT PLAY BY SONNANSTINE AND THE PHILLIES WILL STRUGGLE WITH RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION. THEY MAY GET ONE, WHEN THEY HAD THE BASES LOADED. THAT'S ALL THEY'RE GOING TO GET. >> THEY GOT OUT OF A JAM THERE, SONNANSTINE WAS TRYING TO MISS A BAT EARLY. HE WAS NOT THROWING STRIKES. >> YOU SAW THE GRAPHIC, 2-37, R.I.S.P., WHICH IS TURNED INTO R.I.P. UTLEY FOR THE RIGHT SIDE, UNCHARACTERISTIC, AND THE BOBBLE. AND UTLEY SAFE AT FIRST. AND GOT IN BETWEEN THE HOP AND OFF THE HEEL OF HIS GLOVE. THE HANDS BACK, INSTEAD OF GETTING THEM BACK IN FRONT. >> AND SAME GUY THAT MADE AN INCREDIBLE PLAY TO END THE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES ON A BAD HOP. AND MEANWHILE PEDRO FELIZ WITH RUNNERS IN SIX. AND HE BREAKS THROUGH. >> HE'S PICKING UP, BURRELL THERE AND VICTORINO, BECAUSE THOSE GUYS HAD OPPORTUNITIES, POPPED UP TO THE SHORTSTOP AND WITH TWO OUT, FELIZ GETTING IT DONE, THEY NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE FERT OPPORTUNITIES. >> HOW DID CARL CRAWFORD GET THIS TO GET OVER THE FENCE. STRONG LIKE BULL. >> SHORT AND QUICK. WATCH HIM BRING HIS HANDS IN. >> IF YOU LOOK AT HIS HANDS, ALSO, HE'S UP ON THE BAT AND HE GETS IT TO THE BASEBALL. >> THEY'VE BEEN BEGGING HOWARD TO TRY TO HIT THE BALL TO THE LEFT. HE DOES HERE. THE FOURTH PHILLY TO GO BACK-TO-BACK GAMES IN THE POSTSEASON, THAT COMES OFF SONNANSTINE, GOOD FOR THREE MORE RUNS. >> WE WONDERED THERE WITH THE PITCH, HIM GOING TO THE OPPOSITE FIELD, WOULD THAT GET HOWARD LOCKED IN, BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN FLYING OPEN AND ROLLING OVER ON THE BALL. YOU GO TO THE OPPOSITE FIELD, THAT'S WHEN THE HITTER COMES BACK TO GROUND ZERO AND WHERE HE NEEDS TO BE. >> AND ARE YOU KIDDING BLANTON, THE FIRST HOME RUN BY A PITCHER IN A SERIES SINCE 1974, WHEN KENT HOLTZMAN DID IT, BLANTON GOING YARD. >> HE GOT ON THE BACK LEG. 94 MILES AN HOUR FASTBALL. HE TURNED IT AROUND. >> BLANTON BACK TO WORK. FACING LONGORIA WHO HEARD ALL SORT OF EVIL LONGORIA CHANTS. HE'S DESPERATE, TWO DOWN. BLANTON AGAINST THE NAVARRO, WITH THE CROWD ON THEIR FEED FEET AND BLANTON FOLLOWS UP THE SERIES DID ALL SEASON LONG. AND VERY EFFECTIVE, SIX INNINGS AND HE PUNCHED OUT 7-12 WHO K'S FOR THE RAYS IN THIS ONE. ON TOPTH, CHARLIE WENT TO THE BULLPEN, AND TO LEFT. BRUNTLETT IS THERE, MAKES THE CATCH, HE COMES IN, DEFENSIVE REPLACEMENT FOR VERL, TWO MEN DOWN. AND MATT TO FACE UPTON, HE THROWS 94, HE HAS A CHANGEUP THAT CAN LOCK YOU UP. THERE'S YOUR LOCKUP. WOW. >> 3-2 CHANGEUP. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU EXPECT FROM A GUY THAT THROWS THAT HARD, BUT, PROBABLY, MIGHT BE HIS BEST PITCH. >> 8-2, HOWARD. EXIT STAGE RIGHT. SECOND OF THE GAME, AND FIVE R.B.I.'S, AND 10-2, GAME OVER AT THAT POINT. >> LOOKS SO MUCH QUIETER ON THE SWING AND THE SWING EARLIER IN THE SERIES, WHERE HE DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD FEEL AT THE PLATE. >> AND ROM ROW, AND MADSEN COMES IN. AND LONGORIA AND PENA, AND THE TEAM THAT IS DOWN 3-1RKS0-29 WITH 15 STRIKEOUTS IN THE GAME. HOWARD IN THE PHILLY OFFENSE, NOT KNOWN AS MUCH, THE RAYS HIT