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Diamondbacks in the thick of it for NL West title

By Jonah Keri
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

You could see the inning, the game, the season slipping away. Holding a 3-1 lead entering the bottom of the seventh against the Cardinals, the Diamondbacks gave up a run to make it 3-2. Felipe Lopez's single figured to score Cesar Izturis from second base, until third base coach Jose Oquendo shockingly held up Izturis at third. Still, things looked grim for the Snakes. The league's best player, Albert Pujols, stepped in with two on and two outs. D-backs starter Brandon Webb looked dead tired, b ...

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