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PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The Philadelphia Phillies celebrated a 5-4 victory, in 19 innings, over the Cincinnati Reds that ended early on Thursday after an unlikely pitching debut by second baseman Wilson Valdez. PHILADELPHIA - A sleepy crowd at Citizens Bank Park watched as the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies went into the 18th inning early Thursday tied at 4 in the longest major league game of the season. PHILADELPHIA - A dwindling crowd at Citizens Bank Park watched as the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies played in the 19th inning early Thursday tied at 4 in the longest major league game of the season. A dwindling Citizens Bank Park crowd watched the Philadelphia Phillies finally beat the Cincinnati Reds, 5-4, in 19 innings early Thursday morning in the longest MLB game of the season. At 1:20 a.m., Raul Ibañez knocked in Jimmy Rollins with a sacrifice fly to end it after 6 hours, 11 minutes. Phillies infielder Wilson Valdez pitched a scoreless 19th and got the win. Wilson Valdez wound up as the winning pitcher early Thursday when the Philadelphia Phillies needed 19 innings to outlast the Cincinnati Reds 5-4. PHILADELPHIA - Infielder Wilson Valdez wound up as the winning pitcher early Thursday when the Philadelphia Phillies needed 19 innings to outlast the Cincinnati Reds 5-4. The Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies were tied at 4 going in the 17th inning early Thursday in the longest major league game of the season. > Philadelphia Phillies' Roy Halladay pitches in the first inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Philadelphia. > Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips, top, leaps over Philadelphia Phillies' John Mayberry Jr. while trying to turn a double play in the fourth inning of a baseball game on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Philadelphia. Mayberry was out at second and Wilson Valdez was safe at first. > Philadelphia Phillies' Carlos Ruiz, right, scores past Cincinnati Reds catcher Ramon Hernandez, left, on an RBI-double by John Mayberry Jr. in the second inning of a baseball game on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Philadelphia. > Cincinnati Reds' Travis Wood pitches in the first inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, May 23 (UPI) -- Jimmy Rollins belted a three-run homer to cap a big third inning Monday and the Philadelphia Phillies cruised to a 10-3 win over slumping Cincinnati. The right-hander has lower back inflammation but could rejoin Philadelphia's rotation as soon as Thursday. The Philadelphia Phillies placed pitcher Roy Oswalt on the 15-day disabled list Friday night because of what they called lower back inflammation. The move is retroactive to April 27, meaning Oswalt is eligible to return Thursday. MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- Police have arrested five people and recovered some memorabilia stolen from the Mount Vernon home of Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Kyle Kendrick.... Before I get to my weekly "American Idol" commentary, I have some final thoughts on this year's balloting for my Hall of Fame of the area's most colorful characters. As you'll see here, this year's choice is developer Abe Atiyeh,... Philadelphia Phillies fans chant 'U-S-A! U-S-A!' after news spreads through Citizens Bank Park on Sunday night Monday is a big day for me, and for Philadelphia Phillies fans. Chase Utley is expected to make his season debut after missing 46 games, which wasn't nearly so much of a blow to the first-place Phillies as it was to two of my Fantasy teams that got... President Obama wants to "win the future," but it appears that future has already arrived. A robot threw out the first pitch at the Brewers-Phillies game in Philadelphia Wednesday. Cliff Lee's decision to return to the Philadelphia Phillies seems to have thrown the New York Yankees and Texas Rangers a no-hitter. NBC's Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News) _By Phil Rogers_ Talking baseball while wishing former White Sox and Cub utility man **Luis Salazar** a full recovery: **1. **What a horrific scene that must have been at the Braves' Disney World complex on Wednesday. The foul line drive from **Brian McCann** that caused Salazar to be airlifted to an Orlando hospital is one of baseball's recurring nightmare, at every level. Balls fly off bats in every imaginable direction, and sometimes they do lasting damage. It's too early to tell if that will be the case for the 54 -year-old Salazar, a Rookie League manager for the Braves who was in the dugout in his role of spring training instructor. No one more fervently hopes that Salazar will be fine than McCann, who was almost visibly sickened by the incident. He took the next pitch for strike three, without even thinking about swinging, and then took himself out of the game to drive to the hospital. "He was pretty torn up about it," Braves third baseman **Chipper Jones** said of McCann. "I think we all were. At that point, we all would have been better served to probably go home. You really didn't feel like playing ... Get the latest updates from tonight's Reds-Phillies game in Philadelphia on our live box score page. PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Phillies second baseman Chase Utley will be activated off the 15-day disabled list before Monday's game against Cincinnati.
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