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Early on in the season it looked like the Atlanta Braves, New York Mets, and Florida Marlins could challenge the World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies. In the end Philadelphia would have Phillies playoff tickets and the challengers would fade away. The Phillies finished the regular season 93-69 with a six game lead on the second place team, the Florida Marlins. The team outscored its opponents by 111 runs and was actually better on the road than at home.
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The team never had a very good batting average, but the Phillies slugging percentage was first in the National League, leading to the club being the number one run-scoring team in the NL. Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Raul Ibanez, and Jayson Werth all hit more than 30 homeruns. The team even had base stealing threats. Shane Victorino, Utley, Werth, and Jimmy Rollins had 20 or more stolen bases. This team was stacked during the regular season. All they needed was a solid pitching performance to guarantee Phillies playoff tickets for the baseball postseason.
That pitching came through after the trade for Cliff Lee. Lee added an ace to staff in desperate need of one. J.A. Happ proved to be an excellent young starter, but he was not ready to handle that pressure just yet. Joe Blanton and Cole Hamels had acceptable ERA for pitchers, but neither could justify being called the number one pitcher with an ERA over 4.00. MLB playoff tickets became a certainty once Lee arrived. He turned things around suddenly the offense did not have to cover for a poor pitching staff.
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The NLDS matched the Phillies up against the Rockies. The Rockies had come back from a disastrous first two months and almost taken the division away from the Dodgers. The Phillies took the first game at Citizens Bank Park 5-1, but gave up home field advantage when they lost the second 5-4. The Phillies rolled back with two straight wins in Denver 6-5 and 5-4. The hero for the Philies had to be Brad Lidge. The closer struggled during the season, but posted a 0.00 ERA and recorded three saves. His performance has to give Philadelphia baseball fans hope that Phillies playoff tickets might lead back to the World Series.
The Phillies are playing the Dodgers in the NLCS and took the first game 8-6. The early victory establishes that despite the pitching woes, Philadelphia has a chance against a team that looks better on paper. Playoff tickets for this series should go pretty deep into the series so look for them through OnlineSeats and enjoy a compelling National League Championship Series.