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Rookie Happ earns 11th win as Phillies hammer six runs in fifth inning

Associated Press

Thursday, September 24, 2009

MILWAUKEE -- J.A. Happ might be the Philadelphia Phillies' answer to their late-inning bullpen woes when it comes time for the postseason. Jimmy Rollins capped a six-run fifth inning with a three-run homer and Ryan Howard drove in two runs to help Happ earn his 11th win, a 9-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday night. "There's a chance he could wind up in the back end of the bullpen if we don't get something straightened out," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said of the rookie le ...

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