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Phillies 12, Blue Jays 7

Associated Press

Monday, March 2, 2009

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Raul Ibanez is starting to show the Phillies what he is capable of doing with a bat. Ibanez hit two doubles, Ryan Howard drove a two-run homer off the light tower beyond the right-center field fence and Philadelphia beat the Toronto Blue Jays 12-7 Monday. "He's a gap-to-gap hitter," manager Charlie Manuel said of Ibanez. "That's how I remember him when I saw him in the American League. He'll pull balls down the line now and then but he stays mostly in the middle of the field. ...

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