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At the end of August, the Toronto Blue Jays determined Matt Stairs could not help their playoff aspirations this year or in the future.
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In the middle of October, the St. John, N.B., native put the Philadelphia Phillies on the brink of clinching their first World Series berth since 1993.
The 40-year-old's pinch hit, two-run home run in the top of the eighth inning off Los Angeles Dodgers closer Jonathan Broxton gave the Phillies a come-from-behind 7-5 win in Game 4 and a 3-1 stranglehold in the best-of-seven series.
Stairs' home run provided a fitting end for a game that saw the two best regular season bullpens in the National League take turns trying to give the game away.
"It's probably a big reason why clubs get to this point in the season," said Dodgers manager Joe Torre of the two clubs respective bullpens before the game.
Perhaps, but not until Phillies closer Brad Lidge entered the game with two outs in the bottom of the eighth did either relief corps manage to hold a lead.
The right-hander, who went 41 for 41 in save opportunities, once again found trouble while converting his fifth consecutive save opportunity off the playoffs.
Manny Ramirez lined an opposite field double off Lidge and Montrealer Russell Martin reached first after striking out to give the Dodgers runners on the corners.
But Lidge retired James Loney on a fly ball to left to end the inning.
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That was enough for some in the famously early leaving Dodgers crowd start heading for the exits before Lidge made the result official in the bottom of the ninth.
Before Stairs took Broxton's 3-1 pitch over the wall in left, Philadelphia's Shane Victorino tied the game 5-5 with his own two-run home run off Dodgers reliever Cory Wade.
Philadelphia's four-run eighth erased the 5-3 lead L.A. built in the bottom of the sixth on Casey Blake's solo home run off Chad Durbin and Ryan Howard's throwing error.
Howard scored on a Chan Ho Park wild pitch to tie the game 3-3 in the top of the inning.
The Phillies had two runners on with two out when Andre Ethier's sliding catch of pinch hitter So Taguchi's dying quail held the Phillies to a lone run.
Ethier's catch loomed even larger when Blake's home run put L.A. up 4-3. Howard then threw away a sacrifice bunt attempt by Rafael Furcal to let another run score and give the home side a 5-3 lead.
Furcal running right through third base coach Larry Bowa's stop sign helped power the Dodgers to a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the fifth.
The Dodgers hitter led off the inning with a walk and took second on Ethier's single before Ramirez rewarded a raucous Dodger Stadium crowd with a single to left.
Furcal ignoring Bowa tied the game 2-2 and let Ramirez extend to eight his record for consecutive LCS games with at least one RBI.
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