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Cliff Lee: Phillies Pitcher Gets Standing Ovation for Pitching, Striking out

April 3, 2011   ·     ·   Jump to comments

Cliff Lee Proves Again Why The Phillies Are The Big Winners Here

We now interrupt your regularly scheduled football news to talk some baseball. There is a lockout and I am a big Cliff Lee fan, so deal with it.

The Indians, who believed they were selling high on Cliff Lee when they traded him a few years ago, continue to lose while Lee keeps . . . wait for it . . . WINNING!

Cliff Lee notched 11 strike outs in seven innings en route to a 9-4 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday. His performance was brilliant, and the crowd showed its appreciation several times.

Phil Sheridan of the Philadelphia Inquirer described the scene:

"He got one for walking from the bullpen to the dugout, a loud, rollicking roar that started in right-center field and rolled across the ballpark.

"He got one for walking out to the mound to pitch the first inning.

"He got o...

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