* That while the Phillies used the same lineup in each game, Tracy had a different alignment in each of the four games?
* That Lee gave up singles to the first two batters . . . then didn't allow another hit until Yorvit Torrealba singled to open to fifth?
A baserunning mistake by Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki helped snuff a rally in the sixth. It was a play that could have been costly in what turned out to be a close loss.
Tulowitzki had just doubled to drive in Todd Helton, pulling Colorado within a run. Atkins followed by smoking a line drive right at third baseman Pedro Feliz, who easily doubled off the runner. Not a good play when you're the potential tying run in scoring position with less than two outs.
Victorino had already singled and homered against Rockies starter Ubaldo Jimenez when he stepped to the plate in the seventh. So, with a runner on second, two outs, Colorado trailing by one and the big righthander already at 121 pitches, it seemed like a big gamble for Tracy to leave his pitcher in at that point.
It seemed like an especially bad idea when the first pitch was ripped foul.
It worked out, though, when Victorino, grounded back to the pitcher to end the inning.
Victorino, not known as a patient hitter, had worked an eight-pitch at-bat against Jimenez in the first, homering to right on a 3-2 fastball.
2.57: Earned run average for the Phillies' bullpen in the NLDS.
4: Straight home postseason losses for the Rockies, including two to the Red Sox in Games 3 and 4 of the 2007 World Series.
4: Straight postseason series wins for the Phillies.
6: NLDS RBI for Ryan Howard, tying him with Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez for the most in the first round of the playoffs. *
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